Effectiveness of a multifaceted podiatry intervention to prevent falls in community dwelling older people with disabling foot pain: randomised controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To determine the effectiveness of a multifaceted podiatry intervention in preventing falls in community dwelling older people with disabling foot pain.

Design

Parallel group randomised controlled trial.

Setting

University health sciences clinic in Melbourne, Australia.

Participants

305 community dwelling men and women (mean age 74 (SD 6) years) with disabling foot pain and an increased risk of falling. 153 were allocated to a multifaceted podiatry intervention and 152 to routine podiatry care, with 12 months' follow-up.

Interventions

Multifaceted podiatry intervention consisting of foot orthoses, advice on footwear, subsidy for footwear ($A100 voucher; £65; €74), a home based programme of foot and ankle exercises, a falls prevention education b

SUBMITTER: Spink MJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3116775 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature