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Table 1 Screening Criteria

From: A randomised controlled trial and cost-consequence analysis of traditional and digital foot orthoses supply chains in a National Health Service setting: application to feet at risk of diabetic plantar ulceration

Inclusion Criteria

Exclusion Criteria

Aged between 40 and 85 years

Have had prior foot or ankle surgery

Have Diabetes diagnosed by a medical practitioner

Have had major injury to the lower limb (e.g. fracture)

Have modular or bespoke footwear a

Have had prior or active chronic foot or leg ulceration within last 2 years

Have all normal foot structures present

Require heel pressure reduction intervention

Be able to walk without a stick for 100 m

Have had prescription foot orthoses via the department in the last 12 months

Have sensory neuropathy b

Absence of foot pulses assessed via Doppler or palpation

Capable of providing informed consent to participate

Comorbidities (Ischaemia, Renal, Charcot Arthropathy

  1. a provided by the orthotics department, b assessed by 10 mg monofilament and vibratory perception at less than 3 out of 10 sites on the foot and ankle