Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 86, Issue 5 , Pages 871-875 , May 2005

Moderate-Heeled Shoes and Knee Joint Torques Relevant to the Development and Progression of Knee Osteoarthritis

  • D. Casey Kerrigan, MD, MS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests to D. Casey Kerrigan, MD, MS, Dept of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of Virginia School of Medicine, 545 Ray C Hunt Dr, Charlottesville, VA 22908.
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  • Jennifer L. Johansson, MS

      Affiliations

    • Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, Boston, MA
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  • Mary G. Bryant, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
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  • Jennifer A. Boxer, BA

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
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  • Ugo Della Croce, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
    • Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Sassari, Sassari, Italy.
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  • Patrick O. Riley, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA

  • Image Result

    Custom shoes, size 9, with (A) moderate heel (1.5-in heel height) and (B) no heel (control).

    Custom shoes, size 9, with (A) moderate heel (1.5-in heel height) and (B) no heel (control).

  • Image Result

    Knee varus torque during walking plotted over an averaged gait cycle. Effect of moderate-heeled shoe (solid line) versus control shoe (dotted line) in (A) young women and (B) elderly women.

    Knee varus torque during walking plotted over an averaged gait cycle. Effect of moderate-heeled shoe (solid line) versus control shoe (dotted line) in (A) young women and (B) elderly women.

  • Image Result

    Knee sagittal torque during walking plotted over an averaged gait cycle. Effect of moderate-heeled shoe (solid line) versus control shoe (dotted line) in (A) young women and (B) elderly women.

    Knee sagittal torque during walking plotted over an averaged gait cycle. Effect of moderate-heeled shoe (solid line) versus control shoe (dotted line) in (A) young women and (B) elderly women.

 Supported by the Ellison Foundation and by the Public Health Service (grant no. NIH HD01351).No party having a direct interest in the results of the research supporting this article has or will confer a benefit on the author(s) or on any organization with which the author(s) is/are associated.

PII: S0003-9993(04)01398-X

doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2004.09.018

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 86, Issue 5 , Pages 871-875 , May 2005

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