Study design This is a single-centre, randomised crossover study with a qualitative component. Forty patients will be recruited from York Hospital. Participants will be asked to perform walking assessments on two week days within a maximum period of two weeks. Participants will be randomly assigned to complete walking assessments whilst wearing unloading shoes on day 1, followed by walking assessments whilst wearing control shoes on day 2, or vice versa. All participants will then be given the unloading or control shoes to wear for two weeks, after which they will complete a survey about how acceptable the shoes were to wear. A sub-sample of participants will also be interviewed about the acceptability of the shoes.