Trial reportBMC musculoskeletal disorders2009
Laterally wedged insoles in knee osteoarthritis: do biomechanical effects decline after one month of wear?
Trial report in BMC musculoskeletal disorders, 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT01763515 (The Effects of Laterally Wedged Insoles on Symptoms Reduction of Patients With Knee Osteoarthritis), which is not on this map. Cited by 22 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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The Effects of Laterally Wedged Insoles on Symptoms Reduction of Patients With Knee Osteoarthritis
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22 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
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- A systematic review investigating the efficacy of laterally wedged insoles for medial knee osteoarthritis.Rheumatology international · 2013Pooled it
- The Efficacy of a Lateral Wedge Insole for Painful Medial Knee Osteoarthritis After Prescreening: A Randomized Clinical Trial.Arthritis & rheumatology (Hoboken, N.J.) · 2019Trial
- Mechanical effectiveness of lateral foot wedging in medial knee osteoarthritis after 1 year of wear.Journal of orthopaedic research : official publication of the Orthopaedic Research Society · 2013Trial
- Immediate and Mid-Long-Term Effects of Foot Orthoses on Gait Biomechanics and Clinical Characteristics in Medial Knee Osteoarthritis: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.Annals of biomedical engineering · 2026Review
- Feasibility study of an insole-type active assist device for ankle alignment correction during stepping in patients with knee osteoarthritis.BMC biomedical engineering · 2026Article
- Effect of a robotic insole-type active assist device on horizontal ground reaction force and center-of-pressure stability during stepping in patients with medial knee osteoarthritis.Frontiers in robotics and AI · 2026Article
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- Analysis of hip joint loading during walking with different shoe types using instrumented total hip prostheses.Scientific reports · 2021Article
- The effect of a lateral wedge insole and a subtalar strap on gait parameters in knee osteoarthritis.Medical journal of the Islamic Republic of Iran · 2019Article
- The optimal degree of lateral wedge insoles for reducing knee joint load: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Archives of physiotherapy · 2019Review
- Prophylaxis of medial compartment gonarthrosis in varus knee - current state of knowledge.Archives of medical science : AMS · 2018Article
- Plug-in-Gait calculation of the knee adduction moment in people with knee osteoarthritis during shod walking: comparison of two different foot marker models.Journal of foot and ankle research · 2017Article
- Immediate and long-term efficacy of laterally-wedged insoles on persons with bilateral medial knee osteoarthritis during walking.Biomedical engineering online · 2015Article
- The effect of lateral wedge insoles in patients with medial compartment knee osteoarthritis: balancing biomechanics with pain neuroscience.Clinical rheumatology · 2014Review
- The immediate effect of lateral wedge insoles, with and without a subtalar strap, on the lateral trunk lean motion in patients with knee osteoarthritis.Geriatric orthopaedic surgery & rehabilitation · 2013Article
- [Technical orthopedics. Importance in an increasingly operatively oriented faculty].Der Orthopade · 2013Article
- How Effective are Lateral Wedge Orthotics in Treating Medial Compartment Osteoarthritis of the Knee? A Systematic Review of the Recent Literature.The open orthopaedics journal · 2012Article
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Abstract
objectiveThis study aimed to determine whether the effect of laterally wedged insoles on the adduction moment in knee osteoarthritis (OA) declined after one month of wear, and whether higher reported use of insoles was associated with a reduced effect on the adduction moment at one month.
methodsTwenty people with medial compartment OA underwent gait analysis in their own shoes wearing i) no insoles and; ii) insoles wedged laterally 5 degrees in random order. Testing occurred at baseline and after one month of use of the insoles. Participants recorded daily use of insoles in a log-book. Outcomes were the first and second peak external knee adduction moment and the adduction angular impulse, compared across conditions and time with repeated measures general linear models. Correlations were obtained between total insole use and change in gait parameters with used insoles at one month, and change scores were compared between high and low users of insoles using general linear models.
resultsThere was a significant main effect for condition, whereby insoles significantly reduced the adduction moment (all p < 0.001). However there was no significant main effect for time, nor was an interaction effect evident. No significant associations were observed between total insole use and change in gait parameters with used insoles at one month, nor was there a difference in effectiveness of insoles between high and low users of the insoles at this time.
conclusionEffects of laterally wedged insoles on the adduction moment do not appear to decline after one month of continuous use, suggesting that significant wedge degradation does not occur over the short-term.
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