The Contribution of Heels for Walking Quality Among Children With Muscular Dystrophy

ALYN Hospital

Status: Completed

Conditions: Symmetry; Step Time and Length; Gait Velocity; Step Time and Length Variability; Heart Rate

Treatments: Device: adding a heel

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01638169

920100239

Details and patient eligibility

About

During the stand phase the DMD foot is too plantarflexed in addition patients adopt a higher flexion and abduction of the hip in order to advance the swinging limb. The aim of this work is to assess the immediate contribution of heels for these walking disturbance in children with muscular dystrophy disease.

Enrollment: 11 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 6 to 15 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• age >6 yrs
• walk without heel strike

Exclusion criteria

• cannot understand simple instructions

Trial design

11 participants in 1 patient group

20 children with DMD

Treatment:

Device: adding a heel