Range Of Motion of the 1st MtPj project
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Range Of Motion of the 1st MtPj project (ROMMP)
IRAS ID
246412
Contact name
Andy Goldberg
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust
Duration of Study in the UK
1 years, 4 months, 9 days
Research summary
The 1st metatarsophalangeal joint is known as the big toe joint. The range of motion (ROM) of the big toe joint differs during each stage of the walking cycle. The ROM of the big toe joint can be restricted in certain patients with foot conditions such as hallux rigidus, or altered by different alignments of the feet, such as high arched feet and flat feet. This affects their movement and quality of life.
To be able to monitor the changes to the patient's big toe ROM before and after surgical treatment, there is the need to standardize the ROM measurement. This means finding a way to make sure that the measurement values of ROM taken are not affected or altered by the method used by the clinician to take them, making them accurate.
Therefore, the aim of this project is to improve and refine the current methods used to measure the big toe’s ROM so that they provide accurate measurements for use in clinics. The study is an observational prospective comparative study, as it is testing a procedure for measuring big toe ROM by comparing the results obtained if measurements are taken by two different individuals, or if taken by the same individual at different times.
A group of healthy adults who do not have foot conditions such as genu valgum, genu varum, hindfoot varus or valgus will be needed alongside a group of adults with any of these aforementioned conditions. Both groups will have the ROM of their big toes measured using a device called a goniometer, in different stances, by 2 testers. This will happen in RNOH Stanmore and Bolsover Street clinics. The length of the study will be 18 months in total.REC name
South Central - Hampshire A Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
18/SC/0233
Date of REC Opinion
30 Apr 2018
REC opinion
Further Information Favourable Opinion