46
Participants
Start Date
July 31, 2013
Primary Completion Date
March 31, 2015
Study Completion Date
March 31, 2015
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.
UNC-CH Thurston Arthritis Research Center, Smithfield
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
OTHER