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Participants
Start Date
July 31, 2015
Primary Completion Date
August 31, 2016
Study Completion Date
September 30, 2016
Unloading shoes
The unloading shoe will be a trainer-type shoe with a rocker sole incorporated. The sole is designed to influence the line of action of the ground reaction force to pass close to the anatomical joint centres and so reduce the moments needed to be generated for ambulation by the muscles acting across those joints in the lower limb. Additionally it is designed to place the ankle into a relatively plantarflexed position where the ankle plantarflexors use less energy than for instance when placed in dorsiflexion.
Unadapted control shoe
During the control condition assessments, participants wear a pair of appropriately-sized shoes, which are similar in appearance to the unloading shoes, but do not contain the altered sole.
York St John University, York
York Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, York
University of York
OTHER
York St John University
OTHER
University of Salford
OTHER
York Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
OTHER