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Hi all

I am currently undertaking a lit review of Journal articles that outline the benefits of supportive footwear relative to lower limb and back pain.

Does anyone know of any relevant research articles that may be of assistance?
Your suggestions are greatly appreciated.

Cheers
Bob

 

I am pretty sure there is nothing on footwear. Lots of speculation, but nothing concrete comes to mind.

Back pain and orthotics here:
http://www.podiatry-arena.com/podiatry-forum/tags/index.php?tag=/low-back/

 

One suggestion: define supportive. How do you measure supportive?

Eric

 

and supportive of what maybe be another definition required

 

Good luck ;)

If you want show your point there is one interesting study "Health Individually fitted sports shoes for overuse injuries among newspaper carriers" (Markus Torkki, Antti Malmivaara, Nina Reivonen, Seppo Seitsalo, Pekka Laippalaand Veijo Hoikka, Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment & Health, Vol. 28, No. 3 (June 2002), pp.176-183)

If you want to know if 'supportive shoe' really works, consider the 3 studies of Knapik, the 2 of Ryan, the one of Kong (2010)... ...