Footwear
interventions for foot
and ankle
arthritis *
Mike Frecklington BHSc ( Hons ), MPhil a , Nicola Dalbeth MBChB , MD , FRACP b , c , Peter McNair PhD a , Peter Gow MBChB d , Anita Williams BSc ( Hons ), PhD e , Matthew Carroll BHSc , MSc , PhD a , Keith Rome BSc ( Hons ), FPodM , MSc , PhD a
* Full title : Footwear interventions for footpain , function , impairment and disability for people with foot and ankle arthritis : A literature review
a ) Health and Rehabilitation Research Institute , AUT University , Private Bag 92006 , Auckland , New Zealand b ) Department of Medicine , The University of Auckland , Auckland , New Zealand c ) Department of Rheumatology , Auckland District Health Board , Auckland , New Zealand d ) Rheumatology Department of Counties-Manukau District Health Board , Auckland , New Zealand e ) School of Health Science , University of Salford , Salford , United Kingdom
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE
To conduct a literature review on the effectiveness of footwear on foot pain , function , impairment and disability for people with foot and ankle arthritis .
METHODS
A search of the electronic databases Scopus , Medline , CINAHL , SportDiscus and the Cochrane Library was undertaken in September 2017 . The key inclusion criteria were studies reporting on findings of footwear interventions for people with arthritis with foot pain , function , impairment and / or disability . The Quality Index Tool was used to assess the methodological quality of studies included in the qualitative synthesis . The methodological variation of the included studies was assessed to determine the suitability of meta-analysis and the grading of recommendations , assessment , development and evaluation ( GRADE ) system . Between and within group effect sizes were calculated using Cohen ’ s d .
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