Heel Pain in Adolescents: A Pilot Study on the Effectiveness of Exercise Therapy and Activity Modification
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Brief summary
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Invesigators plan to conduct a 12-week longitudinal cohort study of 30 subjects with calcaneal apophysitis. Subjects will be included if they are between 7-17 years-old, have experienced an insidious onset of heel pain with running or jumping activities, and have no underlying diagnosis predisposing heel pain and no other injury that limits their ability to run and jump. Parents of subjects will be invited to participate by completing questionnaires related to their perspective of their child's symptoms, physical activity level, quality of life, and their satisfaction with the treatment protocol. Subjects will be asked to attend 4 monthly sessions consisting of evaluation and treatment.
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT04816188
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Not applicable
- Enrollment
- 13 participants
Conditions and interventions
Conditions
Eligibility (public fields only)
- Age range
- 7 Years to 17 Years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Healthy volunteers not accepted
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Study timeline
- Start date
- Mar 14, 2021
- Primary completion
- Jul 24, 2023
- Completion
- Jul 24, 2023
- Last update posted
- Jun 19, 2024
2021 – 2023
United States locations
- U.S. sites
- 1
- U.S. states
- 1
- U.S. cities
- 1
| Facility | City | State | ZIP | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| STAR Building | Newark | Delaware | 19713 | — |
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