# The Contribution of Heels for Walking Quality Among Children With Muscular Dystrophy

> **NCT01638169** · — · COMPLETED · sponsor: **Alyn Pediatric & Adolescent Rehabilitation Hospital** · enrollment: 11 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Step Time and Length
- Symmetry
- Step Time and Length Variability
- Heart Rate
- Gait Velocity

## Interventions

- **DEVICE:** adding a heel

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT01638169
- **Lead sponsor:** Alyn Pediatric & Adolescent Rehabilitation Hospital
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** —
- **Study type:** OBSERVATIONAL
- **Status:** COMPLETED
- **Start date:** 2013-05
- **Primary completion:** 2013-12
- **Final completion:** 2013-12
- **Target enrollment:** 11 (ACTUAL)
- **Last updated:** 2016-04-08


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT01638169

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT01638169, "The Contribution of Heels for Walking Quality Among Children With Muscular Dystrophy". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-02 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT01638169. Licensed CC0.

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