Efficacy of Corrective Rubber Insoles in Healthcare Professionals With Foot Overpronation

University of Milan

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Pes Planus; Overpronation; Hyperpronation

Treatments: Device: Medially wedged ortheses

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT07000838

ORTHOPROnew

Details and patient eligibility

About

Foot hyperpronation is a common postural condition that can lead to pain, deformities (such as hallux valgus), and muscular issues. This problem is especially relevant among adults who spend long hours standing, such as healthcare workers. Custom-made foot orthoses with a medial wedge have proven effective in improving comfort and correcting certain biomechanical alterations, even in asymptomatic individuals.

The study described has two main objectives:

• to validate the Italian version of the Foot Health Status Questionnaire (FHSQ), already validated in English and Spanish, by assessing its reliability and reproducibility as a tool to measure foot health.
• through a pilot study, to analyze the effects of using specific professional footwear in healthcare workers with hyperpronation, evaluating perceived benefits in terms of pain reduction and postural improvement.

Enrollment: 52 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 65 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Healthworker (attendings, residents, OR nurses, ER nurses, therapists...)
• Maximum age inferior to 65 y.o. at recruitment time
• Partecipants stands from 60% to 80% of their working time
• Uses mostly healthcare shoes while working
• Hyperpronation condition
• No other pathologic condition of the feet
• Partecipants accept to wear medially wedged orthesis for at least 3 months
• Signatures of consensus to join the study
• Partecipants must be aware of the implication of the study

Exclusion criteria

• Other pathologic condition of the foot
• Age superiore to 65 y.o. at the recruitment time

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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52 participants in 1 patient group

Vibram shoe sample

Experimental group

Description:

To be recruited the partecipants of the study have been visited and their overpronation foot condition has been assessed. Then they will answer the FHSQ at T0. They will have to wear medially wedged ortheses for the duration for 3 months and then be re-assessed by a second evaluation using the FHSQ. Using GAITLAB (from BTS S.p.a) the partecipants' foot condition (calcaneovalgus foot) will be assessed while wearing and not the professional footwear.

Treatment:

Device: Medially wedged ortheses