Table 3 Baseline- (T0), follow up- (T1) and change- (Δ T0-T1) scores, and effect sizes for pain, physical functioning and forefoot plantar pressure in the subgroup of patients with combined forefoot pain and high plantar pressure at baseline (n = 23)
Analysed patients | N | T0 | T1 | Δ T0-T1 | ES | P-value |
pain | ||||||
  FFI pain (range 0–100), primary outcome | 21 | 34.18 (15.91) | 25.23 (19.29) | −8.95 (14.44) | 0.62 | 0.010 |
  NRS foot pain during walking (range 0–10) | 21 | 4.10 (2.53) | 2.81 (2.16) | −1.29 (1.95) | 0.66 | 0.007 |
  NRS foot pain during standing (range 0–10) | 20 | 3.15 (2.52) | 2.55 (1.99) | −0.60 (1.70) | 0.35 | 0.131 |
physical functioning | ||||||
  FFI disability (range 0–100), primary outcome | 21 | 25.35 (13.88) | 17.13 (13.99) | −8.22 (10.38) | 0.79 | 0.002 |
  10-m walking time, seconds | 22 | 8.27 (1.08) | 8.00 (1.02) | −0.27 (0.77) | 0.35 | 0.110 |
observed forefoot plantar pressure | ||||||
  PP central forefoot (kPa) | 23 | 288.23 (62.90) | 246.85 (66.14) | −41.37 (65.07) | 0.64 | 0.006 |
  PTI central forefoot (kPa s) | 23 | 76.03 (15.01) | 63.77 (15.14) | −12.26 (17.83) | 0.69 | 0.003 |
Analysed feet | N |  |  | Δ T0-T1 |  | P-value |
estimated forefoot plantar pressure | ||||||
  PP central forefoot (kPa) | 39 |  |  | −28.43 (10.53)* |  | 0.012 |
  PTI central forefoot (kPa s) | 39 |  |  | −12.52 (2.69)* |  | < 0.001 |