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The impact of foot orthoses on gait in children with Osteogenesis Imperfecta type I, III and IV – a cross-sectional study

BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders
Background For children with Osteogenesis Imperfecta (OI), a rare genetic bone disease, walking can be difficult to carry out due to a combination of bone fragility and deformity, muscle weakness, joint hypermobility, and pain.
Josefine E. Naili, Eva Åström, Josefin Löwing, Mikael Reimeringer, Kristina Löwing   +4 more
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Can short-term effectiveness of anti-pronation taping predict the long-term outcomes of customized foot orthoses: developing predictors to identify characteristics of patients with plantar heel pain likely to benefit from customized foot orthoses

BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, 2019
Background Foot orthoses are widely used to manage plantar heel pain (PHP). However, the evidence concerning the effect of foot orthoses on PHP is not conclusive.
Fu-Lien Wu, Yi-Fen Shih, Si-Huei Lee, Hong-Ji Luo, Wendy Tzyy-Jiuan Wang   +4 more
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Exploring the Role of Footwear in Trail Running and Hiking: A Scoping Review

Journal of Foot and Ankle Research, Volume 19, Issue 3, September 2026.
ABSTRACT Introduction Off‐road activities such as trail running and hiking have undergone a significant surge in global popularity over the last 2 decades, but this engagement also raises the potential for musculoskeletal injuries, which are prevalent and comparable to rates reported in road running.
Aaron Jackson, Kiseon Hong, Mike Frecklington, Kelly Sheerin, Matthew Carroll   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Design and Additive Fabrication of Foot and Ankle-Foot Orthoses [PDF]

, 2010
Foot and ankle-foot orthoses are prescribed in order to promote mobility through supporting and/or realigning the lower leg and alleviating pain in the foot in different parts of the gait cycle.
Telfer, S., Woodburn, J., Munguia, J., Dalgarno, K.W., Peeraer, L., Muraru, L., Pallari, J.H.P.   +6 more
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Corticosteroid injections compared to foot orthoses for plantar heel pain: protocol for the SOOTHE heel pain randomised trial

Contemporary Clinical Trials Communications, 2017
Introduction: Corticosteroid injections and foot orthoses are common interventions for plantar heel pain. Previous clinical trials have found that the effectiveness of these interventions differs over time, with corticosteroid injections being more ...
Glen A. Whittaker, Shannon E. Munteanu, Hylton B. Menz, Ayman Elzarka, Karl B. Landorf   +4 more
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Rocker Geometry in Running Footwear: A Scoping Review of Definitions, Commercial Descriptors and Outcome Measures

Journal of Foot and Ankle Research, Volume 19, Issue 3, September 2026.
ABSTRACT Background Rockered midsoles are increasingly used in running footwear, yet definitions, terminology and outcome measures vary widely across research and commercial sectors. Aim This scoping review mapped how rockers are defined in academic literature, how major footwear brands describe them and which outcome measures are most frequently ...
Priyanka Khusal, Mike Frecklington, Sarah Gardner, Aaron Jackson   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Consensus‐based recommendations of Australian podiatrists for the prescription of foot orthoses for symptomatic flexible pes planus in adults

Journal of Foot and Ankle Research, 2014
Background Foot orthoses are commonly used for symptomatic flexible pes planus in adults. However, there are no clinical guidelines for the prescription of customised foot orthoses that are specific to this population.
Helen A Banwell, Shylie Mackintosh, Dominic Thewlis, Karl B Landorf   +3 more
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Foot Muscle Size and Balance in Stroke: Evidence of Structural‐Functional Dissociation

Journal of Foot and Ankle Research, Volume 19, Issue 3, September 2026.
ABSTRACT Purpose This study investigated foot muscle and plantar fascia size measurements and their relationship with static balance dysfunction in stroke patients. Methods This cross‐sectional study included 90 stroke patients (3–12 months post‐stroke) and 95 healthy controls.
Xiaoya Zhang, Yaobin Wu, Guirong Liu
wiley   +1 more source

Foot orthoses in lower limb overuse conditions: A systematic review and meta-analysis

, 2007
Foot orthoses have long been prescribed by health care professionals for the prevention and treatment of lower limb musculoskeletal overuse conditions.
Vicenzino, Bill, McPoil, Thomas, Collins, Natalie, Bisset, Leanne   +3 more
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Foot orthoses improve kinematic measurement in young women with biomechanical abnormality

Universa Medicina, 2015
BACKGROUND Foot pronation causes biomechanical abnormalities in the form of functional leg-length disparity. Foot orthoses are often used in the treatment of abnormal pronation. The aim of the study was to evaluate the effect of foot orthoses on abnormal
Maria Regina Rachmawati, Angela BM Tulaar, Muctarudin Mansyur, Ferial Hadipoetro Idris, Ismail Ismail, Ratna Darjanti Haryadi   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source