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Healthy control subjects for Healthy Ankles (RB/AFO Trial)

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Led By Bruce J. Sangeorzan, MD
Research Sponsored by VA Office of Research and Development
Eligibility Criteria Checklist
Specific guidelines that determine who can or cannot participate in a clinical trial
Must have
Be older than 18 years old
Timeline
Screening 3 weeks
Treatment Varies
Follow Up three months
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RB/AFO Trial Summary

This trial will test whether rocker bottom shoes and ankle-foot orthoses improve mobility in people with ankle osteoarthritis by relieving pain and reducing joint range of motion.

Eligible Conditions
  • Healthy Ankles
  • Osteoarthritis

RB/AFO Trial Timeline

Screening ~ 3 weeks
Treatment ~ Varies
Follow Up ~three months
This trial's timeline: 3 weeks for screening, Varies for treatment, and three months for reporting.

Treatment Details

Study Objectives

Outcome measures can provide a clearer picture of what you can expect from a treatment.
Primary outcome measures
Daily step count (# steps)
Secondary outcome measures
Ankle joint range of motion (degrees)
Fast walking speed
Foot and ankle Mobility measure FAAM
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RB/AFO Trial Design

2Treatment groups
Experimental Treatment
Active Control
Group I: Healthy control subjectsExperimental Treatment1 Intervention
Ambulatory adults (18+) with no known ankle osteoarthritis.
Group II: Ankle osteoarthritis patientsActive Control3 Interventions
Ambulatory adult patients (18+) with ankle osteoarthritis.

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Who is running the clinical trial?

VA Office of Research and DevelopmentLead Sponsor
1,605 Previous Clinical Trials
3,305,585 Total Patients Enrolled
Bruce J. Sangeorzan, MDPrincipal InvestigatorVA Puget Sound Health Care System Seattle Division, Seattle, WA
1 Previous Clinical Trials
368 Total Patients Enrolled

Frequently Asked Questions

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Are researchers actively recruiting new participants for this experiment?

"As indicated on clinicaltrials.gov, this research endeavour is no longer recruiting participants; it was originally posted in January 2019 and last edited on June 10th 2022. Nevertheless, there are 613 other trials seeking patients at the moment."

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~2 spots leftby Mar 2025