The Improved Ballet Shoe: a Study on the Effect of an Orthosis on Pain During Dancing on Pointe Shoes

Ballet Dancers Clinical Trial

Official title:

The Improved Ballet Shoe: a Study on the Effect of an Orthosis on Pain During Dancing on Pointe Shoes

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Withdrawn

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT03397927
• Other study ID #: 133057
• Status: Withdrawn
• Phase: N/A
• First received: January 23, 2014
• Last updated: January 5, 2018
• Start date: February 2014
• Est. completion date: June 2014

Study information

• Verified date: January 2014
• Source: Maastricht University Medical Center
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

An orthosis in the ballet shoe to see if pain reduction during dancing on pointes will decrease.

One group of pre-preprofessional ballet dancers will receive an orthosis and will train during four weeks with it. The other group without a orthosis will be the control group.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Withdrawn
• Enrollment: 0
• Est. completion date: June 2014
• Est. primary completion date: May 2014
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: Female
• Age group: 12 Years to 18 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• girls on preprofessional ballet schools with a minimum of 30 minutes professional training a week;

• 12 to 18 years old

• pain during dancing on pointes

Exclusion Criteria:

• experience with wearing a orthosis in their ballet shoe

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Ballet Dancers

Intervention

Device:
• orthosis

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Netherlands	Maastricht UMC	Maastricht	Limburg

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Maastricht University Medical Center

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Netherlands, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	VAS-score		four weeks
Secondary	lower extremities muscle ratio		four weeks