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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
doaj   +1 more source

Textile Actuation Based on In‐Air Actuating Polypyrrole‐Based Tape Yarns for Wearable Soft Robotics: Toward On‐Body Applications

Advanced Robotics Research, Volume 2, Issue 3, June 2026.
This work reports on the actuation behavior of CP‐based polypyrrole/PVdF TYs soaked in electrolyte/ionic liquids and woven actuators where such TYs are integrated. These studies are important toward the creation of on‐body applications such as wearable soft robotics, where textiles offer many advantages such as increased force, integrated electrical ...
Carin Backe, Jose G. Martinez, Li Guo, Edwin W. H. Jager, Nils‐Krister Persson   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

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
doaj   +1 more source

Efficacy of customised foot orthoses in the treatment of Achilles tendinopathy: study protocol for a randomised trial

Journal of Foot and Ankle Research, 2009
Background Achilles tendinopathy is a common condition that can cause marked pain and disability. Numerous non-surgical treatments have been proposed for the treatment of this condition, but many of these treatments have a poor or non-existent evidence ...
Menz Hylton B, Landorf Karl B, Munteanu Shannon E, Cook Jill L, Pizzari Tania, Scott Lisa A   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Foot orthoses for patellofemoral pain in adults

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2010
Foot orthoses, which are specially moulded devices fitted into footwear, are one of the treatment options for patellofemoral or anterior knee pain.To assess the effects of foot orthoses for managing patellofemoral pain in adults.We searched the Cochrane Bone, Joint and Muscle Trauma Group's Specialised Register (March 2010), the Cochrane Central ...
Hossain, M, Alexander, P, Burls, A, Jobanputra, P   +3 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Foot orthoses improve kinematic measurement in young women with biomechanical abnormality [PDF]

Universa Medicina, 2013
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.
Maria Regina Rachmawati, Angela BM Tulaar, Muchtarudin Mansyur, Ferial Hadipoetro Idris, Ismail, Ratna Darjanti Haryadi   +5 more
doaj  

Use of and Satisfaction with Ankle Foot Orthoses

Clinical Research on Foot & Ankle, 2015
Objective: The aim of this study was to obtain insight in specific elements influencing the use, non-use, satisfaction, and dissatisfaction of ankle foot orthoses (AFOs) and the presence of underexposed problems with respect to AFOs.Methods: A questionnaire was composed to obtain information from AFO users to investigate the variables associated with ...
Holtkamp, F.C., Wouters, E.J.M., van Hoof, Joost, van Zaalen, Y., Verkerk, M.   +4 more
openaire   +1 more source

Assessment of orthotic needs in Iranian veterans with ankle and foot disorders

Military Medical Research, 2018
Background War-related traumas can lead to orthopedic and neurological disorders in victims. However, the scope of such disorders may expand months or even years after the trauma.
Kamiar Ghoseiri, Mostafa Allami, Mohammad Reza Soroush   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

The efficacy of foot orthoses in individuals with patellofemoral osteoarthritis: a randomised feasibility trial

Pilot and Feasibility Studies, 2019
Background Foot orthoses have the potential to be an efficacious treatment for patellofemoral osteoarthritis (PFOA) but have not been evaluated in clinical trials in this population.
Jade M. Tan, Hylton B. Menz, Kay M. Crossley, Shannon E. Munteanu, Harvi F. Hart, Kane J. Middleton, Anne J. Smith, Natalie J. Collins   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Foot orthoses alter lower limb biomechanics but not jump performance in basketball players with and without flat feet

Journal of Foot and Ankle Research, 2019
Background Flat-footed individuals are believed to have poorer jump performance compared to normal-arched individuals. Foot orthoses are commonly used to support the deformed foot arch, and improve normal foot function.
Malia Ho, Pui Wah Kong, Lowell Jia-Yee Chong, Wing-Kai Lam   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source