Orthotics and Achilles Load in Runners

North District Hospital

Status: Completed

Conditions: Sports Injury; Flatfoot; Achilles Tendinopathy

Treatments: Device: HL; Device: CASO

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04003870

CUHK

Details and patient eligibility

About

Compare Customized arch support orthoses (CASO) and orthotic heel lift (HL) on the effect of ATL in recreational runners with pronated feet.

Full description

This was a controlled laboratorial, within subject, repeated measures study. The aim of this study was to compare two clinically applied treatment options: Customized arch support orthoses (CASO) and orthotic heel lift (HL) on the effect of ATL in recreational runners with pronated feet. It implicated to provide a better understanding of the types of foot orthoses for flatfeet runners and additional biomechanical evidence for the clinical field to guide orthotic prescription as well as selection for Achilles tendinopathy management.

Enrollment: 12 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Inclusion:

• Foot Posture Index (FPI) was used as evaluating pronated foot posture. Subjects with FPI scores of 6-12 were recruited in the current study.
• All participants should be free of Achilles tendinopathy and triceps surae injury for 6 months.
• no previous surgery.
• not previously attempted any foot orthoses intervention before this study.

Exclusion:

• leg-length discrepancy
• rigid forefoot varus deformity
• gastrocnemius equinus
• structural hallux limitus, or rigidus
• Any musculoskeletal or neurological disorders

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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12 participants in 1 patient group

Runner

Experimental group

Description:

Subject will undergo an assessment wearingeither the CASO or the HL. Sequence of CASO of HL will be randomly allocated.

Treatment:

Device: CASO

Device: HL