Flatfoot (pes planus) is described as a reduction or absence of the medial longitudinal arch (MLA) foot, with without additional deformities foot and ankle. It very common orthopedic manifestation in infants children usually resolves by adolescence. Flat flexible painless no functional compromise so that physiologic. In some rare cases flatfoot can become painful rigid may be sign pathology suc...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the effects of heel-opened ankle foot orthosis (HOAFO) on hemiparetic gait after stroke, especially on external foot rotation, and to compare the effects of HOAFO with conventional plastic-AFO (pAFO) and barefoot during gait. METHODS This cross-over observational study involved 15 hemiparetic patients with external rotation of the affected foot. All subjects were able to...

Traditional biped walkers based on passive dynamic walking usually have flat or circular feet. This foot contact may be modelled with an effective rocker represented as a roll-over shape to describe the function of the knee-ankle-foot complex in human ambulation. Mahmoodi et al. [1] has modelled this roll-over shape as a discretized set of pivot points. In this paper, Lagrangian mechanics are u...

Abstract Background The posterior tibialis tendon dysfunction (PTTD) is typically associated with progressive flatfoot deformity, which could be alleviated foot orthosis. However, the evaluation of (TP) weakness on lower limb mechanics adults orthoses scarce and requires further investigation. Research question This study aimed to examine effects TP in orthosis through gait analysis musculoskel...