The study was a parallel-group, randomized controlled trial with concealed allocation, blinding of investigators and assessors and intention-to-treat analysis. It examined the effect of custom-made foot orthoses and heel lifts in children with calcaneal apophysitis. It was hypothesized that the primary outcome, pain relief, would be significantly improved with the custom-made orthosis compared to the heel lift.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
QUADRUPLE
Enrollment
234
Children had to use the orthotics daily during the intervention period
Children had to use the orthotics daily during the intervention period
Alejandro Jesús Almenar Arasanz
Zaragoza, Spain
Visual analogical scale (VAS)
Subjective Sever´s disease pain perception before and after the intervention measured by the Visual analogical scale (VAS)
Time frame: At baseine and after the intervention period
Algometry
Pressure-pain threshold measured in the heel in Sever´s disease, before and after the intervention
Time frame: At baseine and after the intervention period
Sport activity pain perception
Sever´s disease pain perception measured asking the following question: "Do you have pain at sport activity?", before and after intervention
Time frame: At baseine and after the intervention period
Foot Posture Index (FPI)
values of Foot Posture Index (FPI) test in children with calcaneal apophysistis
Time frame: At baseline
lunge test values
values of lunge test in children with calcaneal apophysistis
Time frame: At baseline
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