protocolSection identificationModule nctId: NCT06302530, orgStudyIdInfo id: UCV/2022-2023/155, briefTitle: "Effectiveness of the Ultrasound - Guided Lengthening of the Gastrocsoleus Complex", acronym: EUGLGC, statusModule overallStatus: RECRUITING, startDateStruct date: 2024-03-15, primaryCompletionDateStruct date: 2024-08-30, completionDateStruct date: 2025-03-15, studyFirstPostDateStruct date: 2024-03-08, lastUpdatePostDateStruct date: 2024-04-23, sponsorCollaboratorsModule leadSponsor name: Fundación Universidad Católica de Valencia San Vicente Mártir, class: OTHER, descriptionModule briefSummary: This research project compares the effectiveness of different surgical techniques for lengthening the gastrocnemius-soleus system in patients with equinus deformity. The study will compare 2 techniques: gastrocnemius tendon recession (Strayer) and plantaris resection. Increased ankle range of motion, complications, operative time, recovery time, pain scales and function will be measured. The results will help determine which technique is most effective and safe for correcting equinus deformity., conditionsModule conditions: Gastrocnemius Equinus, designModule studyType: INTERVENTIONAL, phases: NA, designInfo allocation: RANDOMIZED, interventionModel: PARALLEL, primaryPurpose: TREATMENT, maskingInfo masking: DOUBLE, maskingDescription: To reduce bias, the study will use double-blind blinding. Patients will not know the group to which they have been assigned. In addition, the assessors performing the ankle range of motion measurements by goniometry will be blinded to each patient's treatment group.Randomization to each group will be performed using opaque sealed envelopes that will be opened in the operating room just prior to surgery. Neither the surgeon nor the patient will know the assignment until that time.The statistical analysis will also be performed in a blinded manner, without the statistician knowing the intervention received by each group. Only after the analysis will the groups be unblinded.In this way, the aim is to reduce the possibility of knowledge of the assigned treatment influencing the evaluation of the results, both on the part of the patients and of the evaluators and analysts., whoMasked: PARTICIPANT, whoMasked: INVESTIGATOR, enrollmentInfo count: 48, type: ESTIMATED, armsInterventionsModule interventions name: Stayer, interventions name: Plantar transection, outcomesModule primaryOutcomes measure: Ankle range of motion, secondaryOutcomes measure: Visual Analog Scale., secondaryOutcomes measure: American Orthopedic Foot and Ankle Score, secondaryOutcomes measure: Complications, eligibilityModule sex: ALL, minimumAge: 10 Years, maximumAge: 90 Years, stdAges: CHILD, stdAges: ADULT, stdAges: OLDER_ADULT, contactsLocationsModule locations facility: Podologia Avançada, status: RECRUITING, city: Granollers, state: Barcelona, zip: 08401, country: Spain, contacts name: Lluis Castillo-Sanchez, Dr, role: CONTACT, phone: 610143173, email: info@podologiaavanzadabcn.com, contacts name: Lluis Castillo, Dr, role: SUB_INVESTIGATOR, contacts name: Cristina Razzano, role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, contacts name: Simone Moroni, role: SUB_INVESTIGATOR, geoPoint lat: 41.60797, lon: 2.28773, locations facility: Clinica Mayral foot center, status: RECRUITING, city: Barcelona, state: Barcelon, zip: 08029, country: Spain, contacts name: Jordi Mayral, role: CONTACT, phone: (+34) 93 339 78 41, email: barcelona@clinicamayral.com, contacts name: Jordi Mayral, role: SUB_INVESTIGATOR, contacts name: Cristina Razzano, role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, contacts name: Simone Moroni, role: SUB_INVESTIGATOR, geoPoint lat: 41.38879, lon: 2.15899, locations facility: Clinica Pasito a pasito, status: RECRUITING, city: Valencia, zip: 46008, country: Spain, contacts name: Javier Ferrer-Torregrosa, Dr, role: CONTACT, phone: 963855535, email: clinicaspasitoapasito@gmail.com, contacts name: Javier Ferrer-Torregrosa, Dr, role: CONTACT, phone: 644733882, email: javier.ferrer@ucv.es, contacts name: JAVIER Ferrer- TORREGROSA, Dr, role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, geoPoint lat: 39.46975, lon: -0.37739, hasResults: False