5. Shoes versus control on x‐ray outcomes at 3 years.
Outcome Measure | No of participants | Corrective shoes | Controls | P value | Effect size |
Talo‐horizontal x‐ray change (mean (SD)) ‐ Wenger 1989 ‐ Kanatli 2016 |
98 45 |
6.47 (0.59) 0.17 |
5.48 (0.71) 0.13 |
P > 0.4 P = 0.19 |
‐0.16 (‐0.44 ‐ 0.16) |
Talo‐1st metatarsal x‐ray change (mean (SD)) ‐ Wenger 1989 ‐ Kanatli 2016 |
98 45 |
6.80 (0.7) 0.45 |
5.78 (0.83) 0.46 |
P > 0.5 P = 0.72 |
‐0.50 (‐1 ‐ (‐0.02)) |
Talocalcaneal (AP) x‐ray change (mean (SD)) ‐ Wenger 1989 ‐ Kanatli 2016 |
98 45 |
7.36 (0.78) 0.13 |
4.50 (0.91) 0.23 |
P > 0.5 P = 0.09 |
‐0.12 (‐0.05 ‐ 0.20) |
Wenger showed positive correlation between all radiographic parameters between initial and changed angles over three years (P < 0.001).
Both studies showed that the measured change in x‐ray angles was the same between treatment (shoes) and control groups after three years.