What we do
About our project
Background
Sever’s disease causes heel pain during and/or after physical activity in physically active children between the ages of 8 and 15. This condition resolves by itself when the growth plate fuses, but has a large variability in symptom duration. There is no literature available on the prognosis of the disease. The absence of prognostic factors and the large variability in symptom duration make it difficult to estimate the prognosis for these patients.
Hypothesis
To determine the prognosis of patients with Sever’s disease in podiatry practice.
Methods
Cohort study of children aged 6 to 16 years with Sever’s disease that are recruited in podiatry practices and all followed for a period of 12 months. In order to be eligible to participate in this study, a subject must meet all of the following criteria: Aged between 6 and 16 years
Complaints of the heel with a positive squeeze test (pressure at medial and lateral side of calcaneus). Children will be recruited in 186 practices from RondOm podiatry. Monthly questionnaires will be send to all children.
Sever’s disease causes heel pain during and/or after physical activity in physically active children between the ages of 8 and 15. This condition resolves by itself when the growth plate fuses, but has a large variability in symptom duration. There is no literature available on the prognosis of the disease. The absence of prognostic factors and the large variability in symptom duration make it difficult to estimate the prognosis for these patients.
Hypothesis
To determine the prognosis of patients with Sever’s disease in podiatry practice.
Methods
Cohort study of children aged 6 to 16 years with Sever’s disease that are recruited in podiatry practices and all followed for a period of 12 months. In order to be eligible to participate in this study, a subject must meet all of the following criteria: Aged between 6 and 16 years
Complaints of the heel with a positive squeeze test (pressure at medial and lateral side of calcaneus). Children will be recruited in 186 practices from RondOm podiatry. Monthly questionnaires will be send to all children.
Our research focus
Primary outcome
The primary outcome is the pain severity at rest and during physical activities on a 11-point NRS (faces) pain scale after 12 months.
Secondary outcomes
Secondary outcomes include foot function (Manchester Oxford Foot Questionnaire and recovery (7-point Likert Scale).
The primary outcome is the pain severity at rest and during physical activities on a 11-point NRS (faces) pain scale after 12 months.
Secondary outcomes
Secondary outcomes include foot function (Manchester Oxford Foot Questionnaire and recovery (7-point Likert Scale).
Funds & Grants
Nederlandse Vereniging van Podotherapeuten
Collaborations
Internal collaboration
Department of Orthopeadics
External collaboration
RondOm podotherapeuten
Department of Orthopeadics
External collaboration
RondOm podotherapeuten
Our team
Dhr. G.J. van Leeuwen (g.vanleeuwen@erasmusmc.nl)
Dr. M. van Middelkoop (m.vanmiddelkoop@erasmusmc.nl)
Mw. D. van Gulick (danique.vangulick@rondompodotherapeuten.nl)
Mw. W. Luiten (w.luiten@erasmusmc.nl )
Mw. C. Mulder-van Kempen (c.mulder-vankempen@erasmusmc.nl)
Contact address for the project: m.vanmiddelkoop@erasmusmc.nl.
Dr. M. van Middelkoop (m.vanmiddelkoop@erasmusmc.nl)
Mw. D. van Gulick (danique.vangulick@rondompodotherapeuten.nl)
Mw. W. Luiten (w.luiten@erasmusmc.nl )
Mw. C. Mulder-van Kempen (c.mulder-vankempen@erasmusmc.nl)
Contact address for the project: m.vanmiddelkoop@erasmusmc.nl.
