Single Blinded, Randomized-control tiral, Multicenter clinical trial
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
SINGLE
Enrollment
66
Experimental group would wear hip protection orthosis over 12 hours a day for 1 year.
Seoul National University Bundang Hospital
Seongnam-si, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea
Migration index
Hip AP radiography
Time frame: 6 months
Cobb's angle (')
using radiography, expressed by degree from 0' to 180'. The closer to 0', the better the value.
Time frame: 6 months
Range of motion of hip joint (')
Using goniometer, measure the hip and knee abduction and flexion angle expressed by degree from 0' to 180'. The closer to 180', the better the value.
Time frame: 6 months
Visual analog scale
measure the pain expressed by score from 0 to 10. The closer to 10, the higher the pain.
Time frame: 6 months
Likert scale (score)
measure the satisfaction about hip protection orthosis expressed by score from 0 to 5. The closer to 5, the higher the satisfaction.
Time frame: immediately after wearing orthosis
Child Health Index of Life with Disabilities (CPCHILD)
measure the quality of life expressed by score from 0 to 100. The higher the quality of life.
Time frame: 6 months
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