[Purpose] This study aimed to determine the most appropriate height for shoe heels by measuring the displacement of the COP (center of pressure) and changes in the distribution of foot pressure after walking in flat (0.5 cm), middle-heeled (4 cm), and high-heeled (9 cm) shoes for 1 hour. [Methods] A single-subject design was used, with 15 healthy women wearing shoes with heels of each height in...

OBJECTIVES To compare foot posture in people with and without medial compartment knee osteoarthritis (OA), and to assess association between its abnormalities and medial compartment knee OA. METHODS We compared the foot posture of patients with clinically and radiographically-confirmed medial compartment knee OA and asymptomatic healthy controls using the foot posture index (FPI), navicular h...

Flatfoot is a condition in which part or all of the soles feet do not form an arch (longitudinal arch) as normal so that appear flat and touch ground. This makes function shock absorbers support for body weight during activities, cannot work properly. greatly affects development components, including flexibility balance. Flexibility balance are needed when person active, especially at age 2-6 y...

BACKGROUND Rollover footwear is assumed to provide an enhanced surface over which the body can roll more easily. The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of rollover footwear on the rollover function of walking. METHODS Twenty subjects walked in three conditions: (i) a MBT shoe (Masai Barefoot Technology) characterized by a stiff sole rounded in the anterior-posterior direction; (...

Harris and Beath (1947) made a valuable contribution to surgery when they described for the first time the developmental anomaly at the sustentaculum tali-the talo-calcanean bridge-as an important and frequent element in the production of rigid flat foot. They also performed a further service by drawing attention to the hitherto rather neglected pa pers of Slomann (1921) and Badgley (1927). Bot...

In 1948 w’e called attention to talocalcaneal bridge (synostosis talocalcanea) as a cause of rigid flat foot, which until then had been unrecognised as a clinical entity.’ Since the publication of this paper there has been ample confirmation of the accuracy of our observation from the experiences reported to us by our colleagues and from our own further investigations. Though orthopaedic surgeo...