Weightbearing Assessment of Tarsal Instability (WBCT)

Orthopedic Foot & Ankle Center

Status: Completed

Conditions: Adult-acquired Flatfoot Disorder (AAFD)

Treatments: Radiation: Weightbearing CT

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01868789

OH1-12-00397

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to compare the average joint motion and joint axis orientation of the hindfoot bones between patients diagnosed with adult-acquired flatfoot disorder (AAFD) and a control group of patients without foot deformity, using weight-bearing CT technology.

Enrollment: 23 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 80 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Symptomatic group:

Inclusion Criteria:

1. adult patients (ages 18 -80 years old) diagnosed with Stage 2 AAFD

Exclusion Criteria:

1. previous surgery
2. infection
3. tumor in the affected foot
4. pregnancy

Control group:

Inclusion Criteria:

1. adult patients (ages 18 -80 years old) without foot deformity

Exclusion Criteria:

1. history of previous foot and ankle surgery
2. foot deformity
3. known foot and ankle pathology
4. pregnancy

Trial design

Primary purpose: Diagnostic

Allocation: Non-Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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23 participants in 2 patient groups

Weightbearing CT (AAFD group)

Experimental group

Description:

Weightbearing CT scan of affected foot

Treatment:

Radiation: Weightbearing CT

Weightbearing CT (control group)

Active Comparator group

Description:

Weightbearing CT scan of normal foot

Treatment:

Radiation: Weightbearing CT