Shoe Modification and Knee Osteoarthritis

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Knee Osteoarthritis

In brief

This trial will assess the ability of shoe inserts to relieve pain and disability in people with knee osteoarthritis (OA) in the inner (medial) aspect of the knee.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00105365

Run by

VA Office of Research and Development

People needed

40

Starts

2004-03-01

Expected to finish

2005-09-01

Last updated by the study team

2015-10-21

Who can join

Age: 45 and older, up to 85. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Ability to walk 30 feet without a walking aid
• Ability to stand unaided
• Ability to understand verbal instructions
• Ability to give informed consent

You may not qualify if…

• History of knee trauma or surgery including arthroscopic surgery in the past 6 months
• Severe obesity (>30 kg/m2)
• Neurological disease
• Injury or amputation to the lower extremity joints
• History of other types of arthritis
• Symptomatic spine, hip, ankle, or foot disease that would interfere with assessment of the knee
• Intra-articular steroids in the past 3 months, or hyaluronic acid in the last 6 months
• Poor health that would impair compliance or assessment such as shortness of breath with exertion

Where it is running

• VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, West Los Angeles, CA — West Los Angeles, California, United States

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