Footprints Pilot Study v1
Research type
Research Study
Full title
How do footprints in children with clubfoot differ from the normal foot print? An observational pilot study.
IRAS ID
295280
Contact name
Anna C Peek
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
University Hospitals Leicester
Duration of Study in the UK
3 years, 0 months, 0 days
Research summary
This is a study to observe the shape of children's footprint in children with congenital talipes equinovarus (CTEV) or clubfoot. We will be piloting using photographs of the children's footprints, taken using a simple water based method, and analysing them remotely using a computer programme based on machine-learning/deep-learning techniques, to see if we can differentiate between the shape the shape of normal feet (in children with only one foot affected) and clubfeet, and see if this correlates with relapse of the deformity or outcome. The computer programme will refine the image and compare the images to see if programme can identify changes in the foot shape. The method is designed to use no special or expensive equipment at the patient location, and with computing technology at a remote location (in this case University of Leicester) and therefore to be readily useable in clinical practice including in low middle income countries.
REC name
Yorkshire & The Humber - Leeds West Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
22/YH/0141
Date of REC Opinion
20 Jul 2022
REC opinion
Favourable Opinion