How Shoes With Rocker Soles Affect Walking

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Conditions studied: Diabetic Feet

In brief

The purpose of this study is to compare how 3 special types of shoes with rocker-shaped soles help people with foot deformities to walk better. This study will use modern gait lab techniques to measure the forces on the bottom of the feet and to examine whether there is any effect higher on the leg from the rocker soles.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00006438

Run by

Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)

People needed

46

Starts

1997-01-01

Expected to finish

1999-12-01

Last updated by the study team

2005-06-24

Who can join

Age: 40 and older, up to 60. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Healthy individuals
• Insensate individuals

You may not qualify if…

• History or physical findings of any trunk, back or lower extremity orthopedic or neurologic abnormalities
• Inability to walk
• Inability to follow verbal directions

Where it is running

• Medical College of Wisconsin Gait Lab — Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States

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