Introduction The flat foot is a very frequent deformity in orthopedics and can be observed at different levels of severity already in childhood and infancy. The possible functional alterations associated with flat feet are not fully established. These can result in critical clinical consequences, such as secondary deformities of the forefoot and lower limb, pain and muscle fatigue. The prescrip...

Objective To compare the clinical efficacy of foot orthoses in the management of patellofemoral pain syndrome with flat inserts or physiotherapy, and to investigate the effectiveness of foot orthoses plus physiotherapy. DesignProspective, singleblind, randomisedclinical trial. Setting Single centre trial within a community setting in Brisbane, Australia. Participants 179 participants (100 women...

The goal of this study is to examine children’s acquisition of Mandarin Tone 3 Sandhi (T3S) in flat structures. Syllables in flat structures are parsed either in binary feet from left to right, followed by incorporation of an unparsed syllable or in one large prosodic domain [1-3]. We used an elicited production task to examine non-cyclic parsing strategies in T3S application in sequences of tw...

BACKGROUND Flat foot, as one of the common foot deformities can affect gait biomechanics and risk of lower extremity injury. Fatigue, as a high load task, can also change biomechanical parameters of locomotion. Studying normal and flat footed individuals under high load tasks such as fatigue can elucidate their differences more easily. OBJECTIVES In this study, center of pressure (CoP) change...

Anomalies of tarsal coalition have been described by anatomists (Anderson 1 880, Pfitzner I 896) but their correlation with the clinical manifestation of spastic flat foot was not appreciated until Slomann (1921) and Badgley (1927) published their reports. Harris and Beath (1948) described the important part played by tarsal coalition as a cause of peroneal spastic flat foot. Their contribution...