Responsiveness And Minimal Clinically Important Difference Of Navicular Height Drop Test With Plantar Fasciitis

Superior University

Status: Active, not recruiting

Conditions: Plantar Fascitis

Treatments: Diagnostic Test: The Navicular Height Drop (NHD) test

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT07055698

MSRSW/Batch-Fall23/832

Details and patient eligibility

About

Plantar fasciitis is a common musculoskeletal condition characterized by heel pain and impaired foot function, often linked to abnormal foot biomechanics. The Navicular Height Drop (NHD) test is a non-invasive tool used to assess dynamic foot posture by measuring changes in the medial longitudinal arch. Evaluating the test's responsiveness and minimal clinically important difference (MCID) can help determine its clinical relevance in monitoring treatment outcomes. Study objective to evaluate the responsiveness and determine the minimal clinically important difference (MCID) of the Navicular Height Drop (NHD) test in patients with plantar fasciitis.

Enrollment: 40 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 25 to 60 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Patients with a clinical diagnosis of Plantar Fasciitis confirmed by Orthopedic presence of heel pain, particularly at the plantar aspect of the heel, for more than 3 months.
• Pain on palpation of the medial calcaneal tubercle.
• Positive Windlass test.
• Adults aged 25-60 years.
• Patients should be able to perform the Navicular Drop Test without any other concurrent - lower limb pathology that might interfere with the test (e.g., Achilles tendonitis, knee osteoarthritis, etc.).

Exclusion criteria

• Patients who have undergone any surgical intervention in the foot or ankle (e.g., plantar fascia release, foot fracture surgery).
• Recent history (within 6 weeks) of acute foot or ankle injury (e.g., fractures, sprains).
• Conditions such as rheumatoid arthritis, diabetes, neuropathy, peripheral vascular disease, or any neurological disorders affecting the lower limbs that could confound the results.
• Patients with other foot conditions like flatfoot deformity, bunion deformity, Morton's neuroma, severe hallux valgus, or any other condition affecting foot biomechanics that might alter the Navicular Drop Test results.