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BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, 2020 Background Foot problems are highly prevalent in patients with rheumatoid arthritis. Treatment of foot problems related to rheumatoid arthritis often consists of custom made foot orthoses.
Marloes Tenten-Diepenmaat +5 more
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The Effecte of foot orthosis on electromyographic activity of ankle muscles in athletes with flat foot during single leg jump landing [PDF]
Sport Sciences and Health Research, 2018 Flat foot transfers a chain effect on the joints and upper segments and leads to disruption of kinetic chain.. Researches suggest that the use of foot orthoses may change muscle activation patterns of people with flat foot during walking and running ...
Mohammad Reza Badihiyan +2 more
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Ankle Foot Orthoses: Standardisation of terminology
The Foot, 2021 The term Ankle Foot Orthosis (AFO) has been standardised and defined by the International Organization for Standardisation which offers general terms for external orthoses, describing terms relating to external orthoses including the abbreviation AFO. These standards relate to functional deficiencies including a description of the person to be treated ...
N. Eddison, N. Chockalingam
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Foot orthoses: how much customisation is necessary?
Journal of Foot and Ankle Research, 2009 The relative merit of customised versus prefabricated foot orthoses continues to be the subject of passionate debate among foot health professionals. Although there is currently insufficient evidence to reach definitive conclusions, a growing body of ...
Menz Hylton B
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مجله دانشگاه علوم پزشکی گرگان, 2021 Background and Objective: Proprioceptors of the plantar surfaces of the foot have less efficiency and the stimulation and reinforcement of them may be lead to reduction of falling risk.
Arefeh Mokhtari MalekAbadi +3 more
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Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine, 2018 Objective: To determine: (i) whether the use of ankle-foot orthoses over a period of 26 weeks affects tibialis anterior muscle activity; (ii) whether the timing of provision of ankle-foot orthoses (early or delayed) affects the results; (iii) whether the
Corien Nikamp +5 more
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The long-term use of foot orthoses affects walking kinematics and kinetics of children with flexible flat feet: A randomized controlled trial. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2018 BACKGROUND:Due to inconclusive evidence on the effects of foot orthoses treatment on lower limb kinematics and kinetics in children, studies are needed that particularly evaluate the long-term use of foot orthoses on lower limb alignment during walking ...
AmirAli Jafarnezhadgero +3 more
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Heliyon, 2022 Objective: This research quantitatively studied the benefits of foot orthoses for patients with patellofemoral pain syndrome (PFPS) from five aspects: pain intensity, knee function, sport and recreation function, knee symptoms, and knee related quality ...
Ziyan Chen +3 more
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The Effects of Foot Orthoses and Shoes on the Biomechanics of the Lower Limbs and Balance in Individuals with Pronated Feet: A Review Study [PDF]
مجله دانشگاه علوم پزشکی گرگان, 2023 Foot pronation, as one of the prevalent foot abnormalities, can influence the biomechanics of the lower limbs. The use of various foot orthoses, including insoles and braces, is very common in eliminating this problem.
Ebrahim Piri +2 more
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Foot orthoses for adults with flexible pes planus: a systematic review
Journal of Foot and Ankle Research, 2014 Background Foot orthoses are widely used in the management of flexible pes planus, yet the evidence to support this intervention has not been clearly defined.
Helen A Banwell +2 more
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