introduction: flat foot is one of the most common disorders which not only influences the performance of the foot, but also affects the alignments of the ankle, knee and hip joints. the performance of flat arched differs from that of normal subjects during walking. however, there is not enough information in the literature regarding the difference between standing stability. moreover, the influ...

Background: Flexible Flat Foot (FFF), a common foot deformity decreasing medial longitudinal arch height is often comorbid with subtalar joint pronation causing physical activity difficulties in this population. Among the orthotic insoles prescribed for improving foot function, foot orthoses with medial heel skive technique have a limited research background. The present study aimed to investig...

objectives: the aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of flat foot in a population of 7-12 year old students and to investigate the relationship between flat foot and age and sex. methods: in this cross-sectional study, a total of 945 students (460 girls and 485 boys) were examined. the presence of flatfoot and the degree of its severity according to tachdjian's system of gradi...

Background Clients across Hunter New England Area Health Service (HNEAHS) with complex diabetes foot complications traditionally had to travel to Newcastle to access multidisciplinary high risk foot services; with some travelling up to five hours each way to attend the High Risk Foot Clinic in Newcastle. Ideally rural clients should be able to access multidisciplinary high risk foot services cl...

The increasing evidence for a role of developmental plasticity in evolution offers exciting prospects for testing interactions between ecological and developmental genetic processes. Recent advances with the model organism Pristionchus pacificus have provided inroads to a mechanistic understanding of a developmental plasticity. The developmental plasticity of P. pacificus comprises two disconti...

Background An ideal measure of foot posture should be repeatable, representative of foot position, quantitative, objective, comprehensive, and suited to static and dynamic assessment. The Oxford Foot Model (OFM) is a clinically tested and validated model [1] used to assess foot deformity during walking. This study aims to use relevant components of the OFM to provide a quantitative foot posture...

Background Many different guidelines recommend people with foot complications, or those at risk, should attend multiple health professionals for foot care each year. However, few studies have investigated the characteristics of those attending health professionals for foot care and if those characteristics match those requiring foot care as per guideline recommendations. The aim of this paper w...

Background Foot types (e.g. pronated, supinated foot) are used for clinical reasoning [1] and widely assumed to be related to centre of pressure (COP) patterns [2,3]. Specifically, a pronated foot will demonstrate a medially deviated COP. It follows that COP could be a measure of foot type and inferences about function extrapolated from it. The purpose of this study was to investigate whether C...

Background and aims It is difficult to understand the various presentations of the diabetic ischaemic foot. The aim of the study was to investigate the clinical and angiological features of three presentations of the diabetic ischaemic foot: the painful ischaemic foot with tissue loss (group 1), the painful ischaemic foot with no tissue loss (group 2), and the painless ischaemic foot with tissu...

background: foot ulcers (fu) are a significant complication of diabetes mellitus (dm) and a preceding factor leading to lower extremity amputation. the aim of this study was to evaluate the management of diabetic foot ulcer (dfu) in babol, north of iran. methods: five hundred twenty cases of diabetic foot ulcer that were hospitalized in two main teaching hospitals of babol university of medical...