Effect of rocker-soled shoes on parameters of knee joint load in knee osteoarthritis

EG Madden; CO Kean; TV Wrigley; KL Bennell; RS Hinman

Journal article

Effect of rocker-soled shoes on parameters of knee joint load in knee osteoarthritis

EG Madden, CO Kean, TV Wrigley, KL Bennell, RS Hinman

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise | LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS | Published : 2015

DOI: 10.1249/MSS.0000000000000384

Abstract

Purpose: This study evaluated the immediate effects of rocker-soled shoes on parameters of the knee adduction moment (KAM) and pain in individuals with knee osteoarthritis (OA). Methods: Three-dimensional gait analysis was performed on 30 individuals (mean (SD): age, 61 (7) yr; 15 (50%) male) with radiographic and symptomatic knee OA under three walking conditions in a randomized order: i) wearing rocker-soled shoes (Skechers Shape-ups), ii) wearing non-rocker-soled shoes (ASICS walking shoes), and iii) barefoot. Peak KAM and KAM angular impulse were measured as primary indicators of knee load distribution. Secondary measures included the knee flexion moment (KFM) and knee pain during walkin..

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Funding Acknowledgements

This study was funded by a National Health and Medical Research Council Program grant (#631717). K. B. is partly supported by an Australian Research Council future fellowship (#FT0991413). R. H. is partly supported by an Australian Research Council future fellowship (#FT130100175).