NCT03340415

Timing of Weight Bearing After Hallux Valgus Surgery

Randomised Controlled Trial of the Timing of Full Weight Bearing Walking After Soft Tissue Hallux Valgus Surgery

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 53 (actual)
• Sponsor: North District Hospital · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Investigate the optimal timing for weight bearing after Hallux Valgus surgery. Hypothesis: Early weight bearing does not affect outcome after the Endoscopic Distal Soft Tissue Procedure for Hallux Valgus Correction.

Detailed description

Introduction: * Rehabilitation plans after hallux valgus/bunion surgery is varied * From a patient's perspective, full weight bearing is paramount for quality of life and return to work/study * No high-level study showing the optimal time to resume full weight bearing available Hypothesis: Early weight bearing (at 2 weeks post-op) does not affect outcome after the Endoscopic Distal Soft Tissue Procedure for Hallux Valgus correction Trial Design: * Parallel group * Random allocation * Operating Surgeon blind to randomisation Study Setting: * General Regional Hospital * Single Centre

Conditions

• Hallux Valgus and Bunion

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Accelerated Rehabilitation plan	early weight bearing after surgery

Timeline

• Start date: 2018-07-13
• Primary completion: 2019-06-30
• Completion: 2020-04-30
• First posted: 2017-11-13
• Last updated: 2021-03-24
• Results posted: 2021-03-24

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Hong Kong