Trials / Completed
CompletedNCT01638169
The Contribution of Heels for Walking Quality Among Children With Muscular Dystrophy
- Status
- Completed
- Phase
- —
- Study type
- Observational
- Enrollment
- 11 (actual)
- Sponsor
- Alyn Pediatric & Adolescent Rehabilitation Hospital · Academic / Other
- Sex
- All
- Age
- 6 Years – 15 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
Summary
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.
Conditions
Interventions
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| DEVICE | adding a heel | walking with and without heels on the gaitrite system |
Timeline
- Start date
- 2013-05-01
- Primary completion
- 2013-12-01
- Completion
- 2013-12-01
- First posted
- 2012-07-11
- Last updated
- 2016-04-08
Locations
1 site across 1 country: Israel
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT01638169. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.