NCT05819567

Effect of a Newly Developed Brace on Foot Biomechanics.

Effect of a Newly Developed Brace on Foot Biomechanics: An in Vivo Interventional Study With Dynamic Computed Tomography.

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 15 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Vrije Universiteit Brussel · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 60 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

For this interventional study the investigators will recruit a number of healthy volunteers with no symptoms in their lower limbs in the past 6 months and without history of foot and/or ankle conditions and/or surgery. These volunteers will undergo a single Dynamic Computerized Tomography scan session before and after the support is carried, to find out if there is a change in the kinematics of the foot. The results will be analyzed statistically.

Detailed description

For this study the investigators will recruit 15 healthy volunteers who will be undergone a single Dynamic Computed Tomography (4DCT) scanning session before and after wearing a brace, in order to find out if there is a change in foot kinematics. Between the two scans, the subjects will wear the brace and walk for 1 minute. Data collected with the 4DCT will be processed to get 3D imaging of the Subtalar and Midtarsal Joints, needed to quantify the rotations in the three planes of the space (Cardan Angles).

Conditions

• Healthy

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	Newly Developed Ankle Brace	The ankle brace is made of gripping tissue and includes two straps and one latex wedge. The purpose of this brace is to lift up the plantar arch.

Timeline

• Start date: 2023-04-01
• Primary completion: 2023-04-01
• Completion: 2023-09-01
• First posted: 2023-04-19
• Last updated: 2023-04-24

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Belgium