Effect of Biomechanical Footwear on Knee Pain in People With Knee Osteoarthritis: The BIOTOK Randomized Clinical Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Individually calibrated biomechanical footwear therapy may improve pain and physical function in people with symptomatic knee osteoarthritis, but the benefits of this therapy are unclear.

Objective

To assess the effect of a biomechanical footwear therapy vs control footwear over 24 weeks of follow-up.

Design, setting, and participants

Randomized clinical trial conducted at a Swiss university hospital. Participants (N = 220) with symptomatic, radiologically confirmed knee osteoarthritis were recruited between April 20, 2015, and January 10, 2017. The last participant visit occurred on August 15, 2017.

Interventions

Participants were randomized to biomechanical footwear involving shoes with individually adjustable external convex pods attached to the o

SUBMITTER: Reichenbach S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7218497 | biostudies-literature | 2020 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature