Custom-Made Foot Orthoses as Non-Specific Chronic Low Back Pain and Pronated Foot Treatment

Aurora Castro-Méndez, Inmaculada Concepción Palomo-Toucedo, Manuel Pabón-Carrasco, Javier Ramos-Ortega, Juan Antonio Díaz-Mancha and Lourdes María Fernández-Seguín
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Aurora Castro-Méndez: Podiatry Department, University of Seville, C/Avicena s/n, 41009 Seville, Spain
Inmaculada Concepción Palomo-Toucedo: Podiatry Department, University of Seville, C/Avicena s/n, 41009 Seville, Spain
Manuel Pabón-Carrasco: Podiatry Department, University of Seville, C/Avicena s/n, 41009 Seville, Spain
Javier Ramos-Ortega: Podiatry Department, University of Seville, C/Avicena s/n, 41009 Seville, Spain
Juan Antonio Díaz-Mancha: Physiotherapy Department, University of Seville, C/Avicena s/n, 41009 Seville, Spain
Lourdes María Fernández-Seguín: Physiotherapy Department, University of Seville, C/Avicena s/n, 41009 Seville, Spain

IJERPH, 2021, vol. 18, issue 13, 1-9

Abstract: Excessive foot pronation has been reported as being related to chronic low back pain symptoms and risk factors in sports-specific pathologies. Compensating custom-made foot orthotics treatment has not been entirely explored as an effective therapy for chronic low back pain (CLBP). This study aims to observe the effects of custom-made foot orthoses, in subjects with foot pronation suffering from CLBP. A total of 101 patients with nonspecific CLBP and a pronated foot posture index (FPI) were studied. They were randomized in two groups: an experimental one ( n = 53) used custom-made foot orthotics, and the control group ( n = 48) were treated with non-biomechanical effect orthoses. The CLBP was measured using the Oswestry Disability Index (ODI) Questionnaire and a visual analogue scale (VAS), both for lower back pain. The symptoms were evaluated twice, at first when the subject was included in the study, and later, after 4 weeks of treatment. The analysis of outcomes showed a significant decrease in CLBP in the custom-made foot orthoses participants group ( p < 0.001 ODI; p < 0.001 VAS). These findings suggest that controlling excessive foot pronation by using custom-made foot orthoses may significantly contribute to improving CLBP.

Keywords: low back pain; foot; pronation; posture; custom-made foot orthoses (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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