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Foot pain: Is current or past shoewear a factor?
Article first published online: 29 SEP 2009
DOI: 10.1002/art.24733
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Dufour, A. B., Broe, K. E., Nguyen, U.-S. D. T., Gagnon, D. R., Hillstrom, H. J., Walker, A. H., Kivell, E. and Hannan, M. T. (2009), Foot pain: Is current or past shoewear a factor?. Arthritis Care & Research, 61: 1352–1358. doi: 10.1002/art.24733
Publication History
- Issue published online: 29 SEP 2009
- Article first published online: 29 SEP 2009
- Manuscript Accepted: 14 MAY 2009
- Manuscript Received: 15 JAN 2009
Funded by
- American College of Rheumatology Research and Education Foundation Abbott Health Professional Graduate Student Research Preceptorship
- National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases and National Institute on Aging. Grant Numbers: AR-047853, AR-053205
- National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute's Framingham Heart Study. Grant Number: N01-HC-25195
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Abstract
Objective
Foot pain is common, yet few studies have examined the condition in relationship to shoewear. In this cross-sectional study of men and women from the population-based Framingham Study, the association between foot pain and type of shoewear was examined.
Methods
Data were collected on 3,378 members of the Framingham Study who completed the foot examination in 2002–2008. Foot pain (both generalized and at specific locations) was measured by the response to the question “On most days, do you have pain, aching or stiffness in either foot?” Shoewear was recorded for the present time and 5 past age categories, by the subject's choice of the appropriate shoe from a list. The responses were categorized into 3 groups (good, average, or poor shoes). Sex-specific multivariate logistic regression models were used to examine the effect of shoewear (average shoes were the referent group) on generalized and location-specific foot pain, adjusting for age and weight.
Results
In women, compared with average shoes, those who wore good shoes in the past were 67% less likely to report hindfoot pain (P = 0.02), after adjusting for age and weight. In men, there was no association between foot pain, at any location, and shoewear, possibly due to the fact that <2% wore bad shoe types, making it difficult to see any relationship.
Conclusion
Even after taking age and weight into account, past shoewear use in women remained associated with hindfoot pain. Future studies should address specific support and structural features of shoewear.