Pedobarographic evaluation of five commonly used orthoses for the lower extremity.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Orthoses are designed to achieve immobilization or off-loading of certain regions of the foot. Yet, their off-loading capacity for the specific regions has not yet been studied. Therefore, the aim of this study was to analyze the plantar pressure distribution of five commonly applied orthoses for foot and ankle in a healthy population.

Materials and methods

Five orthoses (postoperative shoe, forefoot relief shoe, short walker boot, high walker boot, and calcaneus fracture orthosis) were compared pedobarographically using insoles on a treadmill to a ready-made running shoe in eleven healthy subjects (median age 29 years). Peak pressure, maximum force, force-time integral, contact time, and contact area were evaluated separately for the forefoot, midfoot, and hind

SUBMITTER: Ehrnthaller C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10293377 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature