Ankle Spine Syndrome "RAFFET Syndrome II
Unknown statusNot applicableNCT06140862
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This study has no listed site in Canada in this snapshot. It is included as part of the worldwide chronic pain corpus.
Brief summary (from the registry)
A case series aimed to describe a new clinical condition for the first time in the medical literature called Ankle Spine Syndrome or "RAFFET Syndrome II". This syndrome was reported in 6 patients (2 males and 4 females) out of 1000 patients with a history of chronic ankle injuries affecting their calf muscles' strength throughout the last 3 years. The patients suffered from unresolved CLBP with radiculopathy contralateral to their calf muscle atrophy (i.e., an ipsilateral calf muscle weakness induces contralateral lumbar radiculopathy) that did not respond to physical therapy or any medication for long.
Study details
- Official title
- Ipsilateral Calf Muscle Weakness Induces Contralateral Radiculopathy , Where is the Clinical Biomechanics? "Part I"
- Conditions
- Chronic Ankle Injuries
- Chronic Low-back Pain
- Lumbar Disc Herniation
- Calf Muscle Weakness
- Interventions
- Other: calf muscle strengthening and streching
- Sponsor
- Noha Khaled Shoukry
- Organization
- Cairo University
- Start date
- 2022-09-01
- Primary completion
- 2024-01-25
- Sex
- All
- Age range
- from 20 Years to 40 Years
- Results posted
- No results posted in this snapshot
- Countries
- Egypt
- Total sites listed
- 1
Eligibility criteria
Show eligibility criteria (verbatim from the registry)
Inclusion Criteria: * Clinical presentation of lumbar radicular pain (i.e., contralateral radiculopathy) was sharp, distinctive, shooting, or lancinating. It felt like a narrow band of pain (i.e., not more than 5-8 cm wide) throughout the length of the lower limb. It was experienced superficially and deeply. They had back pain intensity scores that ranged from 8 to 10 indicating a severe degree of pain during dynamic activity while almost all patients scored zero while resting Our patients with this syndrome had functional disability scores that ranged from 10 to 22 indicating mild and moderate degrees of disability. had a history of physical therapy visits for back pain and sciatica at many specialized centers Exclusion Criteria: * pain score less than 8 functional disability scores less than 10 red flags as tumor or osteoprosis or bone infection previous back surgery
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT06140862