NCT04468555

Hallux Valgus Manual Therapy Based on Global Postural Reeducation.

Effects of Global Postural Reeducation on Hallux Valgus

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 80 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of Jaén · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 65 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Manual approach of Hallux Valgus with global postural reeducation.

Detailed description

Hallux Abducto Valgus is a frequent pathology with a prevalence of 30% in women and 13% in men. The tendency is to increase with age. Usually, the elected treatment is surgery, as the conservative orthopedic methods are used at the early stages of the pathology. Global Postural Re-Education is a manual therapy treatment method through which we can treat lots of pathologies. Some investigations demonstrate Postural Re-Education is effective for the treatment of temporomandibular disorders, urinary incontinence, and spine disorders, but there is no scientific evidence that defends the improvement of the symptoms and correction of the angle of the Hallux Abducto Valgus using Postural Re-Education.

Conditions

• Hallux Valgus
• Hallux Deformity
• Foot Deformities

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Global postural reeducation	It consisted of Global Postural Re-Education sessions divided into 3 sessions and performed with a frequency of 1 per week for 3 weeks. The sessions were performed individually, with an approximate duration of 40 minutes and all of them were assessed by the same physiotherapist.

Timeline

• Start date: 2019-09-01
• Primary completion: 2020-02-20
• Completion: 2020-02-26
• First posted: 2020-07-13
• Last updated: 2020-07-13

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Spain