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Evidence foot orthotics don't work

Discussion in 'Biomechanics, Sports and Foot orthoses' started by Craig Payne, Nov 1, 2016.

  1. Craig Payne

    Craig Payne Moderator

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    Why do so many allegedly read the same body of literature that I do and claim things like this:
    From: https://www.quora.com/Can-I-run-with-orthotics-treatment-for-plantar-fascitis/answer/James-Amis

    I blogged about the evidence for them here: http://www.runresearchjunkie.com/do-foot-orthotics-really-work/

    Intrigued how two people can read the same body of evidence and reach the opposite conclusion (assuming of course that the person linked above has actually read the literature) ... or is this just another case of Dunning-Krugar?

    As always I stick to what the systematic reviews say and they all say the same thing.
     
  2. Admin2

    Admin2 Administrator Staff Member

  3. Everyone has there own Bias Craig

    Some people recognize it, others do not
     
  4. OK, playing Devil's advocate: what evidence do we have that foot orthoses do work and what are the methodological problems with those studies?
     
  5. Craig Payne

    Craig Payne Moderator

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    I can only find one study that they do not work (ie the one on bunions in kids)
    By "work", I mean make people better.
    Every study shows they work.
    A lot do have methodological weaknesses, but they still showed they work (are the weaknesses fatal?)
    Those that do not have any weaknesses also showed they worked.
    There are good RCT's that compared orthotics to other interventions, but found no differences; but the orthotic group still got better.
    Systematic reviews and a Cochrane collaboration concluded they worked; but the Cochrane was muted in the strength of the evidence but still concluded they worked.
     
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