#$%^&*AU2014210580A120150226.pdf#####29 Abstract An orthopedic shoe (01) for preventing excess pressure loads on pressure-sensitve foot soles, in particular those of diabetics the shoe 5 (0 ) having a rigid sole (02) which substantially precludes bending of the forward joint of the foot during walking, and the sole (02) in the area of the toes and/or in the area of the heel, having a Convexly rounded sole porion (04, 05) which allows the rigid sole (02) to roll, and the shoe (01) having a shaft (03), and fixation means (06, 07) being provided W on the shaft (03), by mans of which the foot can be fixed in the shoe (01), and the fixation means (06, 07) having a heel strap (13) and a dorsal strap (12), The dorsal strap (12) is attached in a ioadtransmitting manner with a left and a right connecting element (18 19) to the left and right portion (IIa, 11b) of the heel strap (11), the connecting elements 15 (18, 19) each having a distance to the two ends (13, 16) of the heel strp (11) attached laterally to the shoe (01) and a distance to the center (20) of the heel strap (11) spanning across the heel bone. (Fig. 1)ogo ,4 O D9 os F%, 2 47