title: [Shoe supports and corrective shoes in performance athletes--a 3-year study in young cross-country skiers].
abstract: 51 young cross-country skiers, members of the Swiss national team, were interrogated and examined relative to problems of the skeleton. In case of 36 athletes (71%), orthopedic corrections of the foot and leg position were effectuated. The annual controls showed a reduction of pain and decreased impairment of the capacity of sport from 62.7% to 21.9%. The painful inflammations decreased over the same period from 66.7% to 32%. In comparison with other epidemiologic studies without treatment, we can conclude that orthopedic corrections are efficient in the protection of high-performance athletes from overload lesions and probably from definitive lesions.
authors.affiliation: Orthopädische Universitätsklinik Basel.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Hintermann
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D012090:Cumulative Trauma Disorders / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D005534:Foot Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009989:Orthotic Devices; D012775:Shoes; D012865:Skiing
vernacular_title: Einlagen und Schuhkorrekturen bei Leistungssportlern--eine 3-Jahres-Studie bei jugendlichen Skilangläufern.