Shoe choice may cause foot pain – Health News Article

Women who make poor shoe choices early in life suffer with foot pain in later years, revealed by researchers. The new study is published in the October issue of Arthritis Care & Research, a journal published by Wiley-Blackwell on behalf of the American College of Rheumatology.

In the U.S., foot pain is considered a very common musculoskeletal symptom and occurs in such conditions as rheumatoid arthritis, diabetes, and gout, or with sprains, muscle strains, bruises, and fractures. Previous studies have determined a correlation between improper footwear and foot pain, but this research focused on small patient samples or disease specific studies.

National data reveal that foot and toe symptoms are among the top 20 reasons patients ages 65-74 visit their physician.

Researchers from Boston University School of Public Health and the Institute for Aging Research at Hebrew SeniorLife enrolled 3,372 participants in the Framingham Foot Study. Participants were derived from 2 large population-based samples of residents from Framingham, Massachusetts. The first group was part of the Framingham Study Original Cohort (formed in 1948) and the Framingham Offspring Cohort …

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