Table 1 Mean, standard deviation and comparison between women with plantar calcaneus spur (PCS) and control (CG), for anthropometric data of the baseline condition (T0) and after three (T3) and six months of intervention (T6) with minimalist flexible footwear (MFG) and customized orthopaedic insole combined minimalist flexible footwear (COIG)
Variable | Intervention (months) | PCS—MFG (n = 15) | PCS—COIG (n = 14) | Control—CG (n = 10) | p* |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Age (years) | T0 | 48.9 ± 9.4 | 50.3 ± 5.8 | 47.8 ± 8.6 | 0.730 |
Height (m) | T0 | 1.61 ± 0.1 | 1.62 ± 0.1 | 1.63 ± 0.1 | 0.394 |
Body mass (kg) | T0 | 82.1 ± 14.1 | 83.6 ± 13.9 | 73.2 ± 12.6 | 0.160 |
T3 | 80.4 ± 12.8 | 81.0 ± 12.6 | 73.0 ± 12.4 | 0.280 | |
T6 | 78.4 ± 11.6 | 80.8 ± 12.5 | 73.4 ± 12.5 | 0.321 | |
p | 0.151 | 0.068 | 0.885 | ||
Body mass index (kg/m2) | T0 | 32.1 ± 7.0 | 32.2 ± 4.3 | 27.5 ± 4.5 | 0.082 |
T3 | 31.4 ± 4.7 | 31.2 ± 4.2 | 27.8 ± 4.1 | 0.068 | |
T6 | 30.5 ± 4.5 | 31.1 ± 4.2 | 28.6 ± 4.6 | 0.064 | |
p | 0.769 | 0.073 | 0.695 |