A radiographic and anthropometric study of the effect of a contoured sandal and foot orthosis on supporting the medial longitudinal arch

Abstract Background In‐shoe foot orthoses improve conditions such as plantar heel pain (fasciitis), probably due to their ability to raise the medial longitudinal arch of the foot and lower the stress on the plantar tissues. Increasingly the arch‐profile form of the in‐shoe foot orthosis is being in...

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Main Authors: Carles Escalona‐Marfil, Thomas G McPoil, Rebecca Mellor, Bill Vicenzino
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2014-01-01
Series:Journal of Foot and Ankle Research
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s13047-014-0038-5