NCT01508169

Foot Orthoses and Elderly Women With Osteoporosis

The Effect of Foot Orthoses on the Balance of Elderly Women With Osteoporosis

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 94 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of Campinas, Brazil · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 60 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The objective of this study was to determine if foot orthoses are effective in improving balance, pain and disability in elderly women with osteoporosis.

Detailed description

Aging has been associated with balance impairment. The use of foot orthoses has been shown to be a feasible strategy for improving postural control.The objective of this study was to determine if foot orthoses (with metatarsal pad and medial arch support) are effective as an adjuvant treatment to improve balance, foot pain and disability in elderly women with osteoporosis. Another purpose was to verify if social demographic and clinical factors such as age, race, education, marital status, age of menopause, use of drugs related to balance dysfunction, visual or hearing complaints, body mass index, previous fractures and number of falls may influence the results.

Conditions

• Osteoporosis

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	Foot orthosis (Orthotics Unit of the Clinical Hospital of UNICAMP)	Custom foot orthoses made of ethylene-vinyl acetate (EVA) with medial arch supports and metatarsal pads (supporting the diaphysis of the second to fourth metatarsals) that were manufactured by the Orthotics and Prostheses Unit of the Clinical Hospital of UNICAMP.

Timeline

• Start date: 2011-04-01
• Primary completion: 2011-10-01
• Completion: 2011-10-01
• First posted: 2012-01-11
• Last updated: 2012-04-06
• Results posted: 2012-04-06

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Brazil