Key concepts in children's footwear research: a scoping review focusing on therapeutic footwear.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Reports suggest that children with mobility impairment represent a significant proportion of the population living with a disability. Footwear is considered to be the key extrinsic factor affecting children's gait and footwear modifications have been historically postulated to assist with locomotory difficulty. Although therapeutic footwear has been considered within the literature, there is a lack of consistency on terminology and paucity on the overall understanding. A scoping review was performed to chart the key concepts in children's footwear and to establish the range of studies that considered therapeutic footwear.

Methods

A systematic search of MEDLINE, CINAHL, PubMed, SPORTdiscus, and Scopus electronic databases was performed using MeSH headings and free

SUBMITTER: Hill M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6487054 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature