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The Effects of Unstable Shoes on Chronic Low Back Pain

NCT01384071 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 40

Last updated 2012-02-22

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Summary

Some physicians, physiotherapists and nurses use or even suggest unstable shoes in cases of low back pain. No studies on the real effects of these shoes on low back pain in health care professions have been carried out and therefore as yet there is no real evidence of their effectiveness. Thus the investigators assume that wearing unstable shoes over a period of six weeks could reduce low back pain and functional disability due to the changes of the gait and posture and may increase the quality of life.

The purposes of this study are:

1. To evaluate the modifications of pain level, functional capacity and quality of life among individuals with moderate level of non-specific chronic low back pain after wearing unstable shoes.
2. To quantify biomechanical modifications of gait and posture.

Conditions

  • Low Back Pain

Interventions

DEVICE

Unstable shoes (MBT)

Wearing unstable (MBT) shoes during 6 weeks

DEVICE

Sham intervention (Adidas shoes)

Normal stable shoes (Adidas Bigroar2)

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University Hospital, Geneva

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
30 Years
Max Age
65 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2011-01-31
Primary Completion
2011-09-30
Completion
2011-11-30

Countries

  • Switzerland

Study Locations

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