Background Aging is associated with reduced postural stability and increased fall risk. Foot orthoses have been reported as an adjuvant intervention to improve balance by stimulating foot plantar mechanical receptors and thus increasing somatosensory input. Purpose The aim of this study is to evaluate the effect of flat and textured insoles on the balance of primary care elderly people. Des...

In a review of the etiology of peroneal spastic flat foot, Harris and Beath in 1948 showed that this term was often applied indiscriminately and inaccurately to rigid flat feet of at least three different types. In two there was an anomaly of tarsal structure with fusion of the calcaneum either to the navicular bone or to the talus. A deformed, rigid foot was produced without true peroneal spas...

INTRODUCTION One of the most commonly discussed topics in orthopaedics, particularly in the pediatric realm, are the static-postural changes of the feet. Reviewing the concepts about human foot evolution, we notice that the lower limb, and particularly the foot, is amongst the most distinctive characteristics of human anatomy. The overwhelming development of human brain cortex, vocal apparatus,...

BACKGROUND Some studies have found that flat-arched foot posture is related to altered lower limb muscle function compared to normal- or high-arched feet. However, the results from these studies were based on highly selected populations such as those with rheumatoid arthritis. Therefore, the objective of this study was to compare lower limb muscle function of normal and flat-arched feet in peop...

The purpose of this investigation was to study the effect of elevating the heel during unilateral weight-bearing on structure of the foot, especially a “flat” foot, and on function of the foot in maintaining balance. We examined 16 healthy women, 21 to 23 years of age, who stood unilaterally on the right foot with the heel elevated 0, 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, and 40 mm. We measured height of the ...

background motor skills disorder in children with motor dys-function is a common disorder in childhood. the aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence and severity of musculoskeletal disorders in children with developmental coordination disorder in comparison with healthy children. material and methods using developmental disorder coordina-tion questionnaire (dcdq'07), 59 male children...