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A scoping review of digital fabrication techniques applied to prosthetics and orthotics: Part 1 of 2—Prosthetics (2024)
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Background: Traditionally, the manufacture of prostheses is time-consuming and labor-intensive. One possible route to improving access and quality of these devices is the digitalizing of the fabrication process, which may reduce the burden of manual... Read More about A scoping review of digital fabrication techniques applied to prosthetics and orthotics: Part 1 of 2—Prosthetics.

Evaluation of in-shoe plantar pressure and shear during walking for diabetic foot ulcer prevention. (2023)
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To investigate reliability and changes of in-shoe plantar pressure and shear during walking at three cadences with two insole designs. This was a precursor to the investigation of plantar loading in people with diabetes for potential foot ulcer preve... Read More about Evaluation of in-shoe plantar pressure and shear during walking for diabetic foot ulcer prevention..

Where do you stand?: An exploration of perspectives toward feet, foot health, and footwear using innovative digital methods (2023)
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Background: The cost of losing foot health is significant to the person, healthcare systems, and economy, with diabetes related foot health issues alone costing over £1 billion annually in the UK. Yet many foot health problems are preventable throug... Read More about Where do you stand?: An exploration of perspectives toward feet, foot health, and footwear using innovative digital methods.

A Wearable Insole System to Measure Plantar Pressure and Shear for People with Diabetes (2023)
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Pressure coupled with shear stresses are the critical external factors for diabetic foot ulceration assessment and prevention. To date, a wearable system capable of measuring in-shoe multi-directional stresses for out-of-lab analysis has been elusive... Read More about A Wearable Insole System to Measure Plantar Pressure and Shear for People with Diabetes.

Foot plantar pressure and centre of pressure trajectory differ between straight and turning steps in infants. (2023)
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Plantar pressure has been used to understand loading on infant feet as gait develops. Previous literature focused on straight walking, despite turning accounting for 25\% of infant self-directed steps. We aimed to compare centre of pressure and plant... Read More about Foot plantar pressure and centre of pressure trajectory differ between straight and turning steps in infants..

Searching for online information on the fit of children's footwear during the COVID-19 pandemic: an analysis of Google Trends data. (2023)
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BACKGROUND: Selecting footwear with appropriate fit in children is challenging due the changes with foot size and dimensions which occur throughout childhood. Access to appropriate footwear is important but recent challenges with the COVID-19 pandemi... Read More about Searching for online information on the fit of children's footwear during the COVID-19 pandemic: an analysis of Google Trends data..

Inter and intra-examiner reliability of musculoskeletal ultrasound scanning of Anterior Talofibular Ligament and ankle muscles (2022)
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Purpose Although the function of subjects with chronic ankle instability (CAI) has been examined, structural analysis by ultrasound scanning of the structures surrounding the ankle is limited. Before such structural comparisons between injured and u... Read More about Inter and intra-examiner reliability of musculoskeletal ultrasound scanning of Anterior Talofibular Ligament and ankle muscles.

Validation of the RunScribe inertial measurement unit for walking gait measurement. (2022)
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INTRODUCTION: The use of portable gait measurement systems in research is appealing to collect real-world data at low-cost, low participant burden, and without requirement for dedicated lab space. Most commercially available inertial measurement unit... Read More about Validation of the RunScribe inertial measurement unit for walking gait measurement..

Human ankle joint movements during walking are probably not determined by talar morphology. (2022)
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Knowledge about the orientation of a representative ankle joint axis is limited to studies of tarsal morphology and of quasistatic movements. The aim of our study was therefore to determine the development of the axis orientation during walking. Intr... Read More about Human ankle joint movements during walking are probably not determined by talar morphology..

A step in the right direction: Delphi consensus on a UK and Australian paediatric podiatry curriculum. (2022)
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BACKGROUND: Previous research shows considerable variation in pre-registration paediatric podiatry curricula, and thus the clinical skills realised prior to graduation. Whilst pre-registration training is guided by regulatory bodies, these high level... Read More about A step in the right direction: Delphi consensus on a UK and Australian paediatric podiatry curriculum..

The ankle joint: In contrast to passive kinematics, active kinematics are not primarily determined by morphological features (2022)
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Knowledge about the orientation of the ankle joint axis is limited to studies of tarsal morphology and of quasistatic movements. The aim of our study was therefore to determine the axis during walking. Intracortical bone pins were used to monitor the... Read More about The ankle joint: In contrast to passive kinematics, active kinematics are not primarily determined by morphological features.

Longitudinal study of foot pressures during real-world walking as infants develop from new to confident walkers. (2021)
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Onset of walking in infants leads to regular cyclic loading of the plantar foot surface for the first time. This is a critical period for evolving motor skills and foot structure and function. Plantar pressure literature typically studies gait only o... Read More about Longitudinal study of foot pressures during real-world walking as infants develop from new to confident walkers..

The immediate effects of foot orthosis geometry on lower limb muscle activity and foot biomechanics. (2021)
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Foot orthoses (FOs) are used to treat clinical conditions by altering the external forces applied to the foot and thereafter the forces of muscles and tendons. However, whether specific geometric design features of FOs affect muscle activation is unk... Read More about The immediate effects of foot orthosis geometry on lower limb muscle activity and foot biomechanics..

Dynamic Characteristics of Foot Development: A Narrative Synthesis of Plantar Pressure Data During Infancy and Childhood. (2021)
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PURPOSE: Quantifying plantar pressure throughout childhood enables clinicians to enhance knowledge of typical changes in foot function. This narrative review aims to describe existing research reporting plantar pressure analysis in infants and childr... Read More about Dynamic Characteristics of Foot Development: A Narrative Synthesis of Plantar Pressure Data During Infancy and Childhood..

No change in foot soft tissue morphology and skin sensitivity after three months of using foot orthoses that alter plantar pressure (2021)
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Altering plantar load using foot orthoses (FOs) may alter the mechanical work required of internal structures and change the size of muscle and connective tissues. Skin sensitivity might also change as a result of altering mechanoreceptor stimulation... Read More about No change in foot soft tissue morphology and skin sensitivity after three months of using foot orthoses that alter plantar pressure.

Postural control during quiet standing and voluntary stepping response tasks in individuals post-stroke: a case-control study. (2021)
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BACKGROUND: Postural control impairments following a stroke have an impact on mobility, reduce independence, and increase the risk of falls. Assessing these impairments during tasks representative of real-life situations, such as quiet standing (QS)... Read More about Postural control during quiet standing and voluntary stepping response tasks in individuals post-stroke: a case-control study..

Correction to: A conceptual framework for contemporary professional foot care practice: "The value based digital foot care". (2021)
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Correction to: J Foot Ankle Res 14, 22 (2021) https://doi.org/10.1186/s13047-021-00465-9 Following the publication of the original article [1], we were notified that the first and last names of the first author were switched. The original ar... Read More about Correction to: A conceptual framework for contemporary professional foot care practice: "The value based digital foot care"..

The biopsychosocial-digital continuum of foot orthosis practice and research: the VALUATOR model (2021)
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Foot orthoses have been used for decades despite uncertainty surrunding their therapeutic efficacy. Orthoses have been used exclusively to affect neuro-biomechanical input and outcome variables, however, there is emerging evidence that therapeutic ef... Read More about The biopsychosocial-digital continuum of foot orthosis practice and research: the VALUATOR model.

A conceptual framework for contemporary professional foot care practice: ''The value based digital foot care framework''. (2021)
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BACKGROUND: A small minority of countries around the globe have podiatry as a recognized profession, hence, there are considerable differences among these countries when it comes to the curricula, the duration of training and legislation regulating t... Read More about A conceptual framework for contemporary professional foot care practice: ''The value based digital foot care framework''..

Effects of intermittent claudication due to arterial disease on pain-free gait. (2021)
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INTRODUCTION: Studies of intermittent claudication gait report inconsistent outcomes. Changes in gait are often attributed to degradation of calf muscles, but causation has not been proven through real-time electromyographic data. Neither have effect... Read More about Effects of intermittent claudication due to arterial disease on pain-free gait..