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  2. 13 Comfortable Pairs of Platform Shoes That’ll ... - AOL

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    La Wedge 140 Leather-Trimmed Raffia Platform Pumps. Although espadrilles are decidedly summery, closed toes and leather straps help make this statement wedge a bit more versatile.

  3. Chopine - Wikipedia

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    Reconstruction of a 16th-century Venetian chopine. On display at the Shoe Museum in Lausanne. Calcagnetti (Chopine)- Correr Museum. A chopine is a type of women's platform shoe that was popular in the 15th, 16th and 17th centuries. Chopines were originally used as a patten, clog, or overshoe to protect shoes and dresses from mud and street soil.

  4. Mobility aid - Wikipedia

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    forearm crutch A girl using a pair of underarm / axillary crutches. Walking aids are devices designed to assist individuals with mobility impairments in maintaining upright ambulation. These aids include assistive canes, crutches, walkers, and more specialized devices such as gait trainers, and upright walkers. Each type of aid is designed to ...

  5. Crutch - Wikipedia

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    This style of crutch has the advantage of not using the hands or arms while walking. A claimed benefit is that upper thigh atrophy is also reduced because the affected leg remains in use. Unlike other crutch designs these designs are unusable for pelvic, hip or thigh injuries and in some cases for knee injuries also. [1] [8]

  6. Platform shoe - Wikipedia

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    Platform shoes may also be high heels, in which case the heel is raised significantly higher than the ball of the foot. Extreme heights, of both the sole and heel, can be found in fetish footwear such as ballet boots, where the sole may be up to 20 cm (8 in) high and the heels up to 40 cm (16 in) or more. The sole of a platform shoe can have a ...

  7. Orthotics - Wikipedia

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    Foot orthoses (commonly called orthotics) are devices inserted into shoes to provide support for the foot by redistributing ground reaction forces acting on the foot joints while standing, walking or running. They may be either pre-moulded (also called pre-fabricated) or custom made according to a cast or impression of the foot.