[Purpose] The purpose of the current research was to identify how gait training with shoe
inserts affects the pain and gait of sacroiliac joint dysfunction patients. [Subjects and
Methods] Thirty subjects were randomly selected and assigned to be either the experimental
group (gait training with shoe insert group) or control group. Each group consisted of 15
patients. Pain was measured by Visual Analogue Scale, and foot pressure in a standing
position and during gait was measured with a Gateview AFA-50 system (Alpus, Seoul,
Republic of Korea). A paired sample t-test was used to compare the pain and gait of the
sacroiliac joint before and after the intervention. Correlation between pain and walking
after gait training with shoe inserts was examined by Pearson test. The level of
significance was set at α=0.05. [Results] It was found that application of the
intervention to the experimental group resulted in a significant decrease in sacroiliac
joint pain. It was also found that there was a significant correlation between Visual
Analogue Scale score and dynamic asymmetric index (r= 0.796) and that there was a negative
correlation between Visual Analogue Scale score and forefoot/rear foot peak pressure ratio
(r=-0.728). [Conclusion] The results of our analysis lead us to conclude that the
intervention with shoe inserts had a significant influence on the pain and gait of
sacroiliac joint patients.
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