Exercise and Shoe Orthoses in Treatment of Posterior Tibial Tendon Dysfunction
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00279630 |
Recruitment Status
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Completed
First Posted
: January 19, 2006
Last Update Posted
: December 3, 2014
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Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Tendinopathy | Procedure: Orthoses and Exercise | Phase 1 |
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Actual Enrollment : | 45 participants |
Allocation: | Randomized |
Intervention Model: | Parallel Assignment |
Masking: | Single (Outcomes Assessor) |
Primary Purpose: | Treatment |
Official Title: | Phase 1 Study on Effectiveness of Exercise on Function, Quality of Life and Disability in Patients With Posterior Tibial Tendon Dysfunction |
Study Start Date : | June 2002 |
Actual Primary Completion Date : | December 2014 |
Actual Study Completion Date : | December 2014 |
Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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Experimental: type of exericse
type of exercise
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Procedure: Orthoses and Exercise
orthrose and exercise - daily
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- Foot Function Index; SF-36; walking distance in 5 minutes; time walking 50-ft; pain following the functional tests [ Time Frame: pre- post- 6-month post ]

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Ages Eligible for Study: | 18 Years to 70 Years (Adult, Senior) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion Criteria:
- Pain (> 3 months duration)
- Pain localized to the medial ankle and foot
- Swelling at the medial ankle
- Able to perform a single controlled heel lowering
Exclusion Criteria:
- Bilateral posterior tibial tendon dysfunction
- Fixed foot deformities
- Previous foot surgery
- Presence of any other concurrent foot pathology besides posterior tibial tendon dysfunction
- Ability to walk only with assistive device
- Neurological disorders
- Cognitive dysfunction
- Uncontrolled cardiovascular disease
- Evidence of cord compression
- Uncontrolled hypertension
- Infection
- Severe respiratory disease
- Pregnancy
- Current or recent history of low back pain
- Known rheumatic joint disease
- Peripheral vascular disease with sensory loss of the foot.

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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT00279630
United States, California | |
Department of Biokinesiology and Physical Therapy | |
Los Angeles, California, United States, 90089 |
Principal Investigator: | Kornelia Kulig, PhD, PT | University of Southern California |
Publications automatically indexed to this study by ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier (NCT Number):
Responsible Party: | Kornelia Kulig, Professor, University of Southern California |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00279630 History of Changes |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
022051 |
First Posted: | January 19, 2006 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | December 3, 2014 |
Last Verified: | December 2014 |
Keywords provided by Kornelia Kulig, University of Southern California:
Tibialis Posterior Tendinopathy |
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Tendinopathy Posterior Tibial Tendon Dysfunction Muscular Diseases Musculoskeletal Diseases |
Tendon Injuries Wounds and Injuries Foot Diseases |