background: plantar fasciitis is the most common cause of heel pain. sonography has been proposed for early and differential diagnosis of heel pain. materials and methods: the study was performed on patients with plantar fasciitis (n=40). after completing the demographic data, the pain intensity was measured using visual analogue scale (vas); foot and ankle function by foot and ankle ability me...

Background: Core Stability is the capacity to regulate position and motion of trunk over pelvis foroptimal force production, transmission, control terminal segment during integrated sportsactivities. Obesity linked a number debilitating musculoskeletal diseases in adults. The Foot PostureIndex can be used assess deviations foot posture alignment, such as pronation supination. Variousstudies wer...

Abstract Background Foot rot/gummosis of citrus, caused by Phytophthora spp., is the most important disease responsible for yield losses 10 to 30% in fruit production major citrus growing countries. Considering burden disease, present study was undertaken evaluate different native potent strains Trichoderma spp. against foot citrus. Results Based on molecular characteristics, i.e., ITS ribosoma...

Background Diabetic peripheral neuropathy (DPN) affects the sensory, motor, and autonomic nervous system. The biomechanical changes resulting from DPN may translate to increased plantar pressures in the foot, which contributes to the pathogenesis and development of foot ulcers. This review aims to investigate the existing biomechanical literature associated with gait, dynamic electromyography a...

67 Background and aim: The Roger's classification of Charcot foot, which is a two-axis system, describes the location of the affected part (x-axis) and the severity (y-axis). The aim was to evaluate this system in terms of the risk of lower extremity amputation among South Indian patients with type 2 diabetes and Charcot foot.

Background The standing toe raise, or heel rise, requires ankle plantarflexor strength, and is often used to assess foot and ankle muscle function. There is limited research on the mechanics within the foot during this task. Houck et al., [1] found that hindfoot eversion/inversion was significantly different than controls during a bilateral toe raise task in patients with posterior tibialis ten...

Background Footwear is intended to prevent lower extremity injuries caused by excessive foot-ground impacts and faulty mechanics. However, no clear relationship between shoe habits and injury risk has been established [1]. Many studies have examined barefoot versus shod running kinematics, but the results have been equivocal [2,3]. A factor in the inconsistent results could be the relationship ...

Background The foot is generally regarded as a flexible structure which can adjust its flexibility in response to variable dynamic conditions in different phases within different motor tasks. In gait, both kinematics and baropodometry have shown to be affected by functional and structural factors [1]. In fact pressure distribution can be seen as the effectiveness of the musculoskeletal system i...