FOOTWEAR CHOICES FOR PAINFUL FEET
worn to clinic and presenting symptoms were
assessed with a Chi-square for independence.
5) Activity (trainers and walking shoes)
6) T-bars
Foot pathology was itemized as bone
deformity (hallux adbucto valgus [HAV], hammer
and claw digits), skin pathology (hyperkeratotic
lesions, fissures and blisters) and soft tissue
(musculoskeletal pathology, neuroma and
plantar heel pain.) Differences for footwear
40-59 (N 32) 61 + (N 35) P VALUE
GROUP A GROUP B A VS B
Slip - on 5 14* 0.047*
Formal 3 1 0.261
Open toed 9 9 0.824
Boots 3 1 0.261
Acitivity 10 7 0.29
T-Bar 2 3 0.718
HAV 12 23* 0.021*
Hammer 13 9 0.194
Claw 2 7 0.099
Callus 29* 25 0.047*
Corn 19 27* 0.013*
Blister 1 0 0.292
Neuroma 2 1 0.502
Heel Pain 1 1 0.949
TABLE 2
FOOTWEAR
CATEGORY
Bone deformity
PRESENTING
SYMPTOM
Footwear choice data collected used a mix of
continuous and categorical variables and was
statistically analyzed, using Cochrane’s Q test for
footwear purchase choice and Kruskal-Wallis
test for emotions. All data was analyzed using
the SPSS V24 (IBM) and set at 95%confidence (p
> 0.05).
Skin Pathology
Soft Tissue
*p < 0.05 was considered statistically significant difference between group A and B
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