AIM: To evaluate the effectiveness of customised foot orthoses in chronic @entity924 . METHODS: This was a @entity1 -blinded, parallel-group randomised controlled trial at a single centre (La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia). One hundred and forty @entity1 aged 18-55   years with @entity924 were randomised to receive eccentric @entity291 muscle exercises with either customised foot orthoses (intervention group) or sham foot orthoses (control group). Allocation to intervention was concealed. The Victorian Institute of Sports Assessment-Achilles (VISA-A) questionnaire was completed at baseline, then at 1, 3, 6 and 12   months, with 3   months being the primary end point. Differences between groups were analysed using intention to treat with analysis of covariance. RESULTS: After randomisation into the customised foot orthoses group (n=67) or sham foot orthoses group (n=73), there was 70.7% follow-up of @entity1 at 3   months. There were no significant differences between groups at any time point. At 3   months, the mean (SD) VISA-A score was 82.1 (16.3) and 79.2 (20.0) points for the customised and sham foot orthosis groups, respectively (adjusted mean difference (95% CI)=2.6 (-2.9 to 8.0), p=0.353). There were no clinically meaningful differences between groups in any of the secondary outcome measures. CONCLUSIONS: Customised foot orthoses, prescribed according to the protocol in this study, are no more effective than sham foot orthoses for reducing symptoms and improving function in @entity1 with @entity924 undergoing an eccentric @entity291 muscle exercise programme. TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBER: Australian New Zealand Clinical Trials Registry: number ACTRN12609000829213.

Effectiveness of customised foot orthoses for Achilles XXXX : a randomised controlled trial.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['participants', 'participant', 'people'] @entity924 :: ('MESH:D052256', 'Disease') :: ['mid-portion Achilles tendinopathy'] @entity291 :: ('9913', 'Species') :: ['calf']
@entity924 :: (MESH:D052256,Disease) :: ['tendinopathy']
