Shoe Lifts for Leg Length Inequality in Adults With Knee or Hip Symptoms

NACompletedINTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment

46

Participants

Timeline

Start Date

July 31, 2013

Primary Completion Date

March 31, 2015

Study Completion Date

March 31, 2015

Conditions
Leg Length InequalityOsteoarthritis, KneeOsteoarthritis, Hip
Interventions
DEVICE

Shoe lift correction for leg length inequality

Lift therapy will be administered by a physical therapist. Heel lifts and full length inserts used inside participants' shoes will be constructed on-site. If an external shoe lift is required for a participant, a local shoe repair shop will construct the lifts and add them to the outside of the shoe. Participants will be required to wear the lift in their shoes when they are walking or standing while enrolled in the study; participants will keep a daily diary to record their compliance (number of hours lift worn per day, amount of lift used, type of shoes worn, general symptoms experienced, and activities performed). They will be contacted weekly to be reminded to increase their lift height and identify when they have achieved their optimal lift height.

Trial Locations (1)

27577

UNC-CH Thurston Arthritis Research Center, Smithfield

All Listed Sponsors
lead

University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

OTHER

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