Open AccessWhat is the best Rocker Shoe design?
Author(s) -
Chapman Jonathan,
Preece Stephen,
Nester Christopher,
Braunstein Bjoern,
Höhne Angela,
Brüggermann GertPeter
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
journal of foot and ankle research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.763
H-Index - 39
ISSN - 1757-1146
DOI - 10.1186/1757-1146-5-s1-o6
Subject(s) - medicine , rehabilitation , physical medicine and rehabilitation , orthopedic surgery , physical therapy , surgery
Background Rocker shoes are often prescribed to reduce in-shoe pressures in order to minimise the risk of ulceration in diabetic patients. However, the efficacy of the 3 principal design features of a rocker shoe (apex position, rocker angle and apex angle, see Figure 1) is unknown. Only one known study to date has systematically varied 2 of the 3 design features [1]. Therefore the aim of this study was to investigate the effect of the three principal design features, quantify inter subject variability and establish whether there is any difference in the response of the diabetic and the healthy cohort by recording in shoe plantar pressure.