Shoe for rehabilitation purposes

Abstract

A shoe for rehabilitation purposes, particularly for wear in connection with foot injuries and/or after foot surgery is designed such that patients with foot injuries or after foot surgery can remove rigid supports like plaster casts, orthotics, or the like, in a short time, enabling them to walk again as soon as possible without fear of additional damage or subsequent injuries. To this end, a shoe is provided with an outsole 6 with a front part 8 that extends from the shoe tip 7, which it upwardly embraces, to approximately the toe base joint. The front part 8 consists of an unprofiled material with a low coefficient of friction and is followed by a profiled outsole part 10 comprised of an abrasion-resistant flexible material. The separation line 11 between the two profiled sections 8, 10 extends diagonally rearward from the medial side of the shoe in front of the big toe ball area to the lateral side of the shoe in front of the small toe ball area. The wedge-like midsole 5 consists of a continuous midsole 3 and a wedge 4 which extends from the heel to the narrowing midfoot area. The midsole 3 has a higher cushioning coefficient (lower hardness) than the wedge 4. Finally, the wedge 4 is longer on the medial side of the foot than on the lateral side thereof.

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