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

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.

Timeline

Start

2021-04-01

Primary completion

2022-09

Completion

2022-09

Publications

• Background BLOCKEY NJ. Peroneal spastic flat foot. J Bone Joint Surg Br. 1955 May;37-B(2):191-202. doi: 10.1302/0301-620X.37B2.191. No abstract available.
• Background Jayakumar S, Cowell HR. Rigid flatfoot. Clin Orthop Relat Res. 1977 Jan-Feb;(122):77-84.
• Background Harris EJ, Vanore JV, Thomas JL, Kravitz SR, Mendelson SA, Mendicino RW, Silvani SH, Gassen SC; Clinical Practice Guideline Pediatric Flatfoot Panel of the American College of Foot and Ankle Surgeons. Diagnosis and treatment of pediatric flatfoot. J Foot Ankle Surg. 2004 Nov-Dec;43(6):341-73. doi: 10.1053/j.jfas.2004.09.013. No abstract available.
• Background Luhmann SJ, Rich MM, Schoenecker PL. Painful idiopathic rigid flatfoot in children and adolescents. Foot Ankle Int. 2000 Jan;21(1):59-66. doi: 10.1177/107110070002100111.
• Background HARRIS RI, BEATH T. Etiology of peroneal spastic flat foot. J Bone Joint Surg Br. 1948 Nov;30B(4):624-34. No abstract available.

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