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Exploring Experiences and Perspectives of Prescribed Foot Orthoses in People With Diabetes [PDF]

Journal of Foot and Ankle Research
Background Adherence to prescribed offloading among people with diabetes is often insufficient. Although factors influencing adherence with prescribed footwear have been well studied, uncertainties remain. Perceptions and views of people with diabetes on
Niloofar Sedighi, Gordon Hendry, Jari Pallari, Ruth Barn   +3 more
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Comparing the Utility of Custom Foot Orthoses vs Prescription-grade Prefabricated Foot Orthoses [PDF]

Foot & Ankle Orthopaedics, 2023
Category: Hindfoot; Ankle Introduction/Purpose: Both prefabricated and custom-made foot orthoses have long been effective treatment foot and ankle conditions and deformities. Foot orthoses function by replacing the insole of a shoe to redistribute forces
Samuel D. Stark BS, Michael A. Hewitt BA, Sara E. Buckley DO, Teresa Alpert CO, C.PED, PMAC, Brady T. Williams MD, Kenneth Hunt MD   +5 more
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Effects of different foot orthoses on muscular frequency spectrum during the swing phase of gait following ACL reconstruction: a cross-sectional, mixed-model within-subject study [PDF]

BMC Sports Science, Medicine and Rehabilitation
Background This study aimed to investigate the acute effects of various foot orthoses on the frequency-domain characteristics of lower-limb electromyographic (EMG) activity during the swing phase of gait in individuals with pronated feet following ...
Ebrahim Piri, AmirAli Jafarnezhadgero
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Research and Development of Ankle–Foot Orthoses: A Review

Sensors, 2022
The ankle joint is one of the important joints of the human body to maintain the ability to walk. Diseases such as stroke and ankle osteoarthritis could weaken the body’s ability to control joints, causing people’s gait to be out of balance.
Congcong Zhou, Xuesong Ye, Kaitai Li
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Foot orthoses: how much customisation is necessary? [PDF]

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

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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Efficacy of arch contouring foot orthoses for midfoot osteoarthritis: Protocol for a randomised controlled trial [PDF]

Journal of Foot and Ankle Research
Introduction Midfoot osteoarthritis (OA) is a painful and disabling condition. Arch contouring foot orthoses have been recommended for midfoot OA, yet there is no high‐quality evidence from randomised controlled trials to support their use. This clinical
Polly Q. X. Lim, Hylton B. Menz, Karl B. Landorf, Michelle R. Kaminski, Andrew K. Buldt, Merridy J. Lithgow, Kade L. Paterson, Jill Halstead, Shannon E. Munteanu   +8 more
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Acute Effects o Foot Orthosis on Lower Limb Joint Angular Velocities During Normal Gait [PDF]

Ṭibb-i Tavānbakhshī, 2022
Background and Aims The use of arch support foot orthoses is becoming quite widesprea in the management of foot pathologies. This study examined how lower limb joint angular velocities change with wearing arch support foot orthoses. Methods In this semi-
Amir Ali Jafarnezhadgero, Morteza Madadi-Shad, Hamid Reza Momen, Mohammad Bagher Hanifeh   +3 more
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Development of a best practice statement on the use of ankle-foot orthoses following stroke in Scotland [PDF]

, 2010
A National Health Service Quality Improvement Scotland (NHS QIS) scoping exercise in 2007 identified the use of ankle-foot orthoses (AFOs) following stroke as a clinical improvement priority, leading to the development of a best practice statement (BPS ...
Bowers, R., Ross, K.
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Orthotic management of cerebral palsy : recommendations from a consensus conference [PDF]

, 2011
An international multidisciplinary group of healthcare professionals and researchers participated in a consensus conference on the management of cerebral palsy, convened by the International Society for Prosthetics and Orthotics.
Stevens, P., Bowers, R., Phillips, D., Ross, Karyn, Morris, C.   +4 more
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