Effect Mechanism of Custom-made Foot Orthoses in Patients With Chronic Low Back Pain
CompletedNot applicableNCT03996980
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This study has no listed site in Canada in this snapshot. It is included as part of the worldwide chronic pain corpus.
Brief summary (from the registry)
Excessive foot pronation has been recognized as being linked to chronic low back pain (CLBP). The use of compensating custom-made foot orthoses has not been entirely explored as an effective therapy for CLBP Objective: to investigate the effects of wearing custom made foot orthoses compared to placebo orthoses in patients with pronated feet and chronic low back pain (CLBP).
Study details
- Official title
- Effect Mechanism of Custom-made Foot Orthoses on Foot Pronation Subjects and Chronic Low Back Pain: a Randomized Controlled Trial
- Conditions
- Chronic Low Back Pain
- Foot Pronation
- Interventions
- Device: Custom-made foot orthoses Versus a flat insole
- Sponsor
- University of Seville
- Start date
- 2013-01-15
- Primary completion
- 2019-06-01
- Sex
- All
- Age range
- from 18 Years to 65 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- true
- Results posted
- Yes, on ClinicalTrials.gov
- Countries
- Spain
- Total sites listed
- 2
Eligibility criteria
Show eligibility criteria (verbatim from the registry)
Inclusion Criteria: * Males and females between 18 and 65 years old * Presence of CLBP * Foot Posture Index pronated in one or both feet (henceforth, FPI) ≥ +6 Exclusion Criteria: * Serious illness * Current participation in another research study * Pregnancy * Previous back or foot surgery * Current treatment of foot pathology or back, and leg length discrepancy \> 5 mm
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT03996980