Evaluation of the Role of Local Steroid Injection in Treatment of Idiopathic Spasmodic Flat Foot in Adolescent Patients

• Status: Recruiting
• Trial end date: 2022-09-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

• Population: adolescent patients aged from 10 to 16 years

• Interventions:

1. Examination under general anaesthesia if the deformity corrected spontaneously

2. local injection of steroid in sinus tarsi

3. cast in varus for 6 weeks

• Outcomes: primary outcome : Evaluate the clinical and functional outcomes according AOFAS.

• Time: follow up within one and half month, 3 months, 6 months, one year.

• Phase: N/A
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Assiut University
• Treatments: Triamcinolone

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Age of the patients from 10 to 16 years

• Flat foot with peroneal muscle spasm

Exclusion Criteria:

• Flatfoot uncorrected by manipulation under general anaesthesia

• neuromuscular disorders

• evidence of coalition in CT or MRI