Is There an Association Between Gastrocnemius Tightness and Foot- and Legpain in Children?

Status: Recruiting
Location: See location...
Intervention Type: Other
Study Type: Observational
SUMMARY

Foot and leg pain among otherwise healthy children is a common reason for referral to our pediatric orthopaedics outpatient clinic. The pain is often intermittent and transient, but for some the pain is more dominating and has an impact on the child and families. Children grown and have normal anatomical variations such as in-toeing, out-toeing, hypermobility, flatfeet, knock knees etc. Assessing such normal variants is a major part of pediatric orthopaedic practice, and a common finding is a positive Silvferskiöld test, indicating gastrocnemius tightness. This is when dorsiflexion of the ankle is limited with extended knee, compared to flexed knee. We do not know if this is a more frequent finding among children with foot and leg pain. There is however evidence that adults with painful foot conditions often have gastrocnemius tightness. This project will investigate for gastrocnemius tightness in otherwise healthy children referred to our pediatric orthopaedic outpatient clinic with foot and leg pain, and compare results with a similar control group of children without pain. The aim is to investigate if there is an association, and how pain and tightness develops over time. The knowledge from this project will enable us to develop new treatment strategies to this patient group, where current evidence based recommendations are few.

Eligibility
Participation Requirements
Sex: All
Minimum Age: 4
Maximum Age: 16
Healthy Volunteers: f
View:

• Otherwise healthy children referred to pediatric orthopaedic outpatient clinic with foot and/or leg pain with a normal leg function

Locations
Other Locations
Norway
St Olavs hospital
RECRUITING
Trondheim
Contact Information
Primary
Tina Wik
tina.stromdal.wik@stolav.no
+4772826521
Time Frame
Start Date: 2023-05-09
Estimated Completion Date: 2028-06
Participants
Target number of participants: 200
Treatments
Children with pain
These are children referred with fot and leg pain. Following outcomes will be measured on all included children:~Silvferskiölds test Height Weight Gender Age PROM child: Oxford Ankle and Foot Questionnaire for children PROM parent: Oxford Ankle and Foot Questionnaire for parents FPS pain scoring over 1 week
Control group children without pain
Following outcomes will be measured on all included children in control group:~Silvferskiölds test Height Weight Gender Age
Sponsors
Collaborators: National Taiwan Normal University
Leads: St. Olavs Hospital

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