Footwear for patients of osteoarthritis of the knee

Details Footwear for patients of osteoarthritis of the knee Footwear for patients of osteoarthritis of the knee

1996-09-09

1998-03-17

Kavanaugh, Ted

Boots, shoes, and leggings

Soles

Sectional

36 30R, 36 25R, 36140, A43B 1314, A61F 514

Patent

active

057273359

ABSTRACT:
Footware is made such that a thickness of a heel region from a sole upper surface to the ground is thinner at a backward portion than at a forward portion, whereby a line connecting a position on a lower surface of the sole under the head of the second metatarsus to a front end on a lower surface of the heel region of the sole is lifted at an angle with a horizontal line connecting a grounded rear end on the lower surface of the heel region to a front end thereof in a state where a weight is loaded to the human heel, and the backward portion of the heel region comprises an impact absorbing mechanism, whereby a level of the human heel which is in contact with a foot is depressed when loaded. Thus, the footwear protects a knee joint of a patient suffering from the osteoarthritis of the knee and enables them to easily walk.

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