Biomechanical basis of foot orthotic prescription
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Foot orthoses are prescribed to improve posture in the foot and ankle. The decade of the 1980s witnessed the widespread use of foot orthoses in an attempt to produce relief of a variety of symptoms in the foot and leg and pathologies due to hindfoot and/or forefoot malalignments. While it is documented that many overuse injuries of the lower limb can be relieved with the use of foot orthoses, it remains unclear how an orthosis can produce this effect. The following review examines the use of foot orthoses in various foot pathologies and their relationship to the biomechanics of the foot. © 2000 Harcourt Publishers Ltd Current Orthopaedics (2000) 14, 464–469 © 2000 Harcourt Publishers Ltd doi: 10.1054/ cuor.2000.0150, available online at http://www.idealibrary.com on
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