BACKGROUND People who have extremely high arched feet or pes cavus often suffer from substantial foot pain. Custom-made foot orthoses (CFO) have been shown to be an effective treatment option, but their specificity is unclear. It is generally thought that one of the primary functions of CFO is redistributing abnormal plantar pressures. This study sought to identify variables associated with pai...

objective hyperextension of the big toe is described here as a simple and reliable sign to predict undercorrection of cavus deformity of clubfoot in the ponseti method. materials & methods this retrospective study was conducted on children with clubfoot who were treated successfully by ponseti method in the king fahad hospital, saudi arabia, and emam reza hospital, mashad, iran, from 2003 throu...

According to the literature, people with foot deformities report poor quality of life and nearly one-third population has some type deformity. Of all deformities, Pes Planus, caused by loss medial longitudinal arch foot, pes cavus, having an abnormally high plantar arch, are ones that negatively influence productivity society most. In light above, this study proposes a novel mobile pre-diagnosi...

There are a large number of well recognised syndromes comprising cerebellar ataxia in association with other neurological features. We report three family members who presented with a relapsing, early onset cerebellar ataxia, associated with progressive optic atrophy and sensorineural deafness. All three patients have areflexia (in the absence of a peripheral neuropathy), a pes cavus deformity,...

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the benefit of customized foot orthoses (CFO) in improving dynamics of plantar loading quantified using the Regression Factor (RF) Index. RF index represents the similarity of the statistical distribution of the plantar pressure during stance phase with a Gaussian distribution. As the value increases positively so does the similarity between the pressur...

Osteoarthritis (OA) is the leading cause of disability in older adults [1] and 1 metatarsophalangeal joint (MTPJ) OA, is the most common form of OA in the foot [2]. Many foot pathologies are of a biomechanical nature and often associated with one foot type over another [3,4]. OA is postulated to result from elevated joint stress. However, the link between stress distribution in the 1 MTPJ and d...