Influence of wearing a safety shoe with a plantar foot sole-stimulating strap and a shoe last fitted to the natural shape of the foot on subjective pain and quality of life in workers with prolonged standing: a randomized-controlled trial
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Healthy volunteers
- Registration Number
- DRKS00026920
- Lead Sponsor
- HAIX Schuhe Produktions und Vertriebs GmbH
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 97
Inclusion Criteria
production worker Wolf GmbH
Exclusion Criteria
Participants were not allowed to be included in the intervention group if they wore a shoe size >50 or specially designed orthopaedic shoes, as for example one shoe with an elevated sole. Participants were also excluded if there was a diagnosis of the following: diabetes mellitus, sensibility disturbances in the area of the foot, complex regional pain syndrome or unspecific musculoskeletal disorders, like fibromyalgia.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Questionnaire baseline and follow-up (after 4 weeks of intervention)<br>The questionnaire consists the following parts:<br>- personal data<br>- shoe evaluation (only for intervention group)<br>- musculoskeletal problems<br>- subjective swelling in the legs<br>- foot health<br>- quality of life<br>- subjective feeling of exhaustion
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method o secondary outcomes were evaluated