Diagnostic Modeling for Pedal Fat Pad Atrophy

Completed

Conditions studied: Fat Pad Atrophy, Pain

In brief

The investigators hypothesize that there is a difference in plantar tissue thickness, plantar pressure, and pain score in patients diagnosed with plantar fat pad atrophy compared to healthy, foot-type matched controls. Results will be measured objectively using ultrasound for tissue thickness, optical pedobarograph for plantar pressure, and Manchester foot pain and disability index (MFPDI) for pain score. Furthermore, investigators predict that these results will help establish criteria for fad pad atrophy diagnosis in the clinic as well as determine which patients would receive greatest benefit from fat grafting to the foot.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02679651

Run by

University of Pittsburgh

People needed

20

Starts

2016-01-01

Expected to finish

2020-01-01

Last updated by the study team

2020-07-14

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Aged 18 years or older
• Patients without foot pain at the plantar surface of the foot near the head of the metatarsals
• 6 months post any surgical intervention to the foot
• Subjects must be determined by the PI or a Co-Investigator to not suffer from pedal pad atrophy

You may not qualify if…

• Age less than 18 years
• Inability to provide informed consent
• Feet with open ulcerations or osteomyelitis
• Diabetics: Type I and II
• Active infection anywhere in the body
• Diagnosed with cancer within the last 12 months and /or presently receiving chemotherapy or radiation treatment
• Pregnancy
• Tobacco use: Last use within 1 year per patient report

Where it is running

• UPMC Department of Plastic Surgury — Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

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