Calf Muscle Contraction During Walking

NCT06450002 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: PTCairoUniversity
• Study Type: observational
• Target: 400
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Walking is the most familiar form of exercise, the calf muscle plays an important role in the stance phase of the normal gait cycle of gait. The relative contribution of the calf muscle to the total positive work of the lower extremities during walking is approximately 51% and 73% in the elderly and younger people respectively. This study will explore the different types of calf muscle activation during normal gait cycle based on the previous literature and will introduce a new proposition in the biomechanics of calf muscle contraction..Also, this study will address the role of this muscle during gait and the effects of calf muscle weakness on the lumbar spine.

Conditions

Calf Muscle Pulled

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• length of the calf muscle

  ultrasosnography and EMG are used to detect the length of the calf muscle

  three months

Interventions

physical therapy OTHER

Tens and Hot packs for 20 minutes, ultrasound for 5 minutes on the back and back exercise in form of bridging exercise and core stability exercise

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 20 Years - 40 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64)
• Sampling Method: Probability Sample

Study Population

patients with a history of calf muscles' weakness throughout the last 3 years patients in an out-patient clinic in Egypt (2016 to 2022) are screened for calf muscle weakness secondry to ankle injury. Patients with lumbar disc herniation (confirmed by MRI) and radiculopathy contralateral to the calf muscle weakness are recruited to participate in this study

You may qualify if:

• The patients suffered from unresolved CLBP with radiculopathy contralateral to their calf muscle atrophy (i.e., an ipsilateral calf muscle weakness induces contralateral lumbar radiculopathy) that did not respond to physical therapy or any medication for long

You may not qualify if:

• any spinal deformity or previous spinal surgeries. Spinal tumors or fracture or presence of active infection in the lumbar spine. Cauda equine lesion, the presence of any comorbidities such as hypertension, DM, hyperlipidemia, obesity, and any autoimmune disease, history of patients who suffered from cancer, unexplained weight loss, immunosuppression, prolonged use of steroids, intravenous drug use, urinary tract infection, pain that is increased or unrelieved by rest, fever, significant trauma related to age, bladder or bowel incontinence, urinary retention (with overflow incontinence), saddle anesthesia, loss of anal sphincter tone, major motor weakness in lower extremities, fever, and vertebral tenderness

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Noha Khaled Shoukry: lead

Study Sites (1)

Faculty of Physical Therapy

Giza, 12556, Egypt

Location

MeSH Terms

Interventions

Physical Therapy Modalities

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Therapeutics; Rehabilitation

Study Design

• Study Type: observational
• Observational Model: OTHER
• Time Perspective: PROSPECTIVE
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: lecturer

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: June 4, 2024
• First Posted: June 10, 2024
• Study Start: May 1, 2023
• Primary Completion: April 14, 2024
• Study Completion: April 14, 2024
• Last Updated: June 10, 2024

Record last verified: 2024-06

Locations

EG (1)