Heel bone angle linked to fall risk after fracture surgery
NCT ID NCT07589192
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This observational study looks at how the angle of the heel bone after surgical repair affects balance and fall risk. Researchers will measure balance and bone angles in 80 adults aged 18-40 who had surgery for a broken heel bone at least one year ago. The goal is to understand the connection between bone alignment and stability, which could help improve recovery and prevent future falls.
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Study facts
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- Participants
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About 80 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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May 2026
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Apr 2028
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- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
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Who can take part
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Who is studied
volunteers from both genders aged from 18 to 40 y who had calcaneal fracture and anderwent internal fixation will participate in the study
- Ages
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18 to 40 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
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Inclusion Criteria: * Participants referred from orthopedic surgeon with calcaneal fracture treated with internal fixation. * Adults aged 18-40 . * Unilateral displaced intra-articular calcaneal fracture . * Underwent internal fixation (plate/screws) . * At least 1 years follow up postoperative . * Able to stand independently. * Both males and females. Exclusion Criteria: * Problems with cognition, vision, or any other medical issue that might compromise their ability to safely engage in the selected balancing measures should be avoided . * Those with foot or ankle sensitivity loss and a systemic inflammatory illness, including diabetes mellitus, rheumatoid arthritis, or ankylosing spondylitis . * Patients with vestibular or neurological disorders . * Accompanying lower limb and spine fractures, which required internal fixation, talus fractures, thoracolumbar burst fractures, femur fractures, and tibia fractures), severe knee arthrosis, postoperative osteomyelitis of the calcaneus, and subtalar arthrodesis performed before this study because of subtalar arthrosis and pain . * Patients who had lower limb dysfunction; and women who are pregnant and are in their lactation period . * Refusal to give informed consent to participate in the study . * Any associated fracture, bilateral fractures, associated peroneal tendon dislocation, postoperative wound breakdown and superficial or deep infection, age younger than . * Calcaneal heel spur * Foot deformity
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Locations
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Cairo University / Faculty of Physical Therapy
Cairo, Dokki, Egypt