NCT07090057View on ClinicalTrials.gov

The Effect of Targeting the Plantaris Muscle-tendon in Surgical Correction of Ankle Equinus in Children

NARecruitingINTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment

42

Participants

Timeline

Start Date

March 13, 2023

Primary Completion Date

December 31, 2025

Study Completion Date

December 31, 2026

Conditions
Idiopathic Toe WalkingCerebral PalsyHereditary Spastic ParaparesisTraumatic Brain InjurySpinal Cord InjurySpinal Cord TetheringStrokeHereditary Sensory-motor Neuropathy
Interventions
PROCEDURE

Tendoachilles (TA) lengthening or gastrocnemius (GN) recession, then Plantaris tenotomy

Participants undergo Tendoachilles (TA) lengthening or gastrocnemius (GN) recession surgery before Plantaris tenotomy.

PROCEDURE

Plantaris tenotomy, then Tendoachilles (TA) lengthening or gastrocnemius (GN) recession

Participants undergo plantaris tenotomy surgery before Tendoachilles (TA) lengthening or gastrocnemius (GN) recession.

Trial Locations (1)

T6G2B7

RECRUITING

Stollery Children's Hospital, Edmonton

All Listed Sponsors
lead

University of Alberta

OTHER