The purpose of this is to test lateral foot orthoses with different amount of wedging to find a model that predicts the optimal lateral inclination of foot orthosis based on biomechanical or feelings measures. This study was a cross-sectional study with patients serving as their own control. The investigators recruited 24 knee osteoarthritis. Knee radiography and clinical angles measures was carried out before making orthoses, then motion analysis with an optoelectronic system was performed with each pair of foot orthoses. During motion analysis, five gait trials were carried out in each condition.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Enrollment
24
Foot orthoses with arch support and without lateral inclination
Foot orthoses with arch support above insoles with lateral inclination set at 6°
Foot orthoses with arch support above insoles with lateral inclination set at 10°
Pavillon de l'Éducation Physique et des Sports - Université Laval
Québec, Quebec, Canada
Knee pain
A 20-cm visual analog scale (0-100) is used to assess pain.
Time frame: At time of device receipt
Knee adduction moment
Measure of the knee adduction moment is a non invasive technic to identify change in medial knee loading, major problem in medial knee osteoarthritis.
Time frame: At time of device receipt
Foot orthoses comfort
A 20-cm visual analog scale (0-100) is used to assess comfort.
Time frame: At time of device receipt
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