NCT01546610

Rheumatoid Foot Insole

Effect of Rheumatoid Foot Insole

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 80 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Federal University of São Paulo · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 18 Years – 65 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The present study aims to evaluate the effect of insoles for foot arthritis.

Detailed description

A randomized, controlled, double-blind, prospective trial being conducted involving 80 patients with rheumatoid arthritis, according to American College of Rheumatology (ACR) criteria, and foot pain, selected from outpatient clinics - Federal University of Sao Paulo (UNIFESP). Patients will be randomized in to two groups: experimental (40) and control (40). The experimental group will use ethyl-vinyl acetate (EVA) foot orthoses, with support retrocapital and support of medial arch (insole intervention). The control group will use the same material flat insole (insole placebo).

Conditions

• Rheumatoid Arthritis

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	insoles intervention	EVA insole with arch support and bar retrocapital
OTHER	placebo insole	EVA insole flat

Timeline

• Start date: 2011-11-01
• Primary completion: 2012-11-01
• Completion: 2012-11-01
• First posted: 2012-03-07
• Last updated: 2012-03-09

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Brazil