Reliability and minimum detectable change of measures of gait in children during walking and running on an instrumented treadmill.

Background: Instrumented treadmills that incorporate pressure platforms are increasingly used to characterize gait in children. Although footprint size is known to influence the measurement performance of pressure platforms, published evidence on the reliability of such systems for children's gait is lacking.

Research Question: This study evaluated the test-retest reliability of temporospatial gait parameters and vertical ground reaction forces measured in healthy children during barefoot walking and running on a capacitance-based treadmill system.

Factors associated with type of footwear worn inside the house: a cross-sectional study.

Background: In specific populations, including those at risk of falls or foot ulcers, indoor footwear is an important aspect of preventative care. This study aims to describe the indoor footwear worn most over the previous year in a sample representative of the Australian inpatient population, and to explore the sociodemographic, medical, foot condition and foot treatment history factors associated with the indoor footwear worn.

Methods: This was a secondary analysis of data collected from inpatients admitted to five hospitals across Queensland, Australia.

Vertical ground reaction forces during gait in children with and without calcaneal apophysitis.

Background: Heightened vertical load beneath the foot has been anecdotally implicated in the development of activity-related heel pain of the calcaneal apophysis in children but is supported by limited evidence.

Research Question: This study investigated whether vertical loading patterns during walking and running differed in children with and without calcaneal apophysitis.

Methods: Vertical ground reaction force, peak plantar pressure (forefoot, midfoot, heel) and temporospatial gait parameters (cadence, step length, stride, stance and swing phase durations) were determined in children with (n = 14) and without (n = 14) calcaneal apophysitis.

Factors associated with wearing inadequate outdoor footwear in populations at risk of foot ulceration: A cross-sectional study.

Background: Few studies have investigated if people at risk of foot ulceration actually wear the footwear recommended by best practice guidelines to prevent foot ulceration. This study aimed to investigate the prevalence of, and factors associated with, wearing inadequate outdoor footwear in those with diabetes or peripheral neuropathy in an inpatient population.

Methods: This was a secondary analysis of a multi-site cross-sectional study investigating foot conditions in a large representative inpatient population admitted into hospital for any medical reason on one day.

Independent factors associated with wearing different types of outdoor footwear in a representative inpatient population: a cross-sectional study.

Background: Footwear can have both a positive and negative impact on lower limb health and mobility across the lifespan, influencing the risk of foot pain, ulceration, and falls in those at risk. Choice of footwear can be influenced by disease as well as sociocultural factors, yet few studies have investigated the types of footwear people wear and the profiles of those who wear them. The aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence and factors associated with outdoor footwear type worn most often in a representative inpatient population.

Foot Complications in a Representative Australian Inpatient Population.

We investigated the prevalence and factors independently associated with foot complications in a representative inpatient population (adults admitted for any reason with and without diabetes). We analysed data from the , a sample of 733 representative inpatients. Previous amputation, previous foot ulceration, peripheral arterial disease (PAD), peripheral neuropathy (PN), and foot deformity were the foot complications assessed.

The validity and reliability of remote diabetic foot ulcer assessment using mobile phone images.

Despite their potential for telemedicine in diabetic foot ulcer treatment, diagnostic accuracy of assessment of diabetic foot ulcers using mobile phone images is unknown. Our aim was to determine the validity and reliability of remote diabetic foot ulcer assessment using mobile phone images. Fifty diabetic foot ulcers were assessed live and photographed.

The silent overall burden of foot disease in a representative hospitalised population.

The aims of this study were to investigate the point prevalence, and associated independent factors, for foot disease (ulcers, infections and ischaemia) in a representative hospitalised population. We included 733 (83%) of 883 eligible adult inpatients across five representative Australian hospitals on one day. We collected an extensive range of self-reported characteristics from participants.

Prevalence of foot disease and risk factors in general inpatient populations: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Objective: To systematically review studies reporting the prevalence in general adult inpatient populations of foot disease disorders (foot wounds, foot infections, collective 'foot disease') and risk factors (peripheral arterial disease (PAD), peripheral neuropathy (PN), foot deformity).

Methods: A systematic review of studies published between 1980 and 2013 was undertaken using electronic databases (MEDLINE, EMBASE and CINAHL). Keywords and synonyms relating to prevalence, inpatients, foot disease disorders and risk factors were used.

Prevalence and risk factors for foot and ankle musculoskeletal disorders experienced by nurses.

Background: Nurses are at high risk of musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs). Although the prevalence of MSDs of the lower back, upper limbs, neck and shoulders have been reported previously in nursing, few studies have evaluated MSDs of the foot and ankle. This study evaluated the prevalence of foot and ankle MSDs in nurses and their relation to individual and workplace risk factors.

The Queensland high risk foot form (QHRFF) - is it a reliable and valid clinical research tool for foot disease?

Background: Foot disease complications, such as foot ulcers and infection, contribute to considerable morbidity and mortality. These complications are typically precipitated by "high-risk factors", such as peripheral neuropathy and peripheral arterial disease. High-risk factors are more prevalent in specific "at risk" populations such as diabetes, kidney disease and cardiovascular disease.

Reliability of spatiotemporal and kinetic gait parameters determined by a new instrumented treadmill system.

Background: Despite the emerging use of treadmills integrated with pressure platforms as outcome tools in both clinical and research settings, published evidence regarding the measurement properties of these new systems is limited. This study evaluated the within- and between-day repeatability of spatial, temporal and vertical ground reaction force parameters measured by a treadmill system instrumented with a capacitance-based pressure platform.

Methods: Thirty three healthy adults (mean age, 21.

Agreement between temporal and spatial gait parameters from an instrumented walkway and treadmill system at matched walking speed.

Background: Commercially available instrumented treadmill systems that provide continuous measures of temporospatial gait parameters have recently become available for clinical gait analysis. This study evaluated the level of agreement between temporospatial gait parameters derived from a new instrumented treadmill, which incorporated a capacitance-based pressure array, with those measured by a conventional instrumented walkway (criterion standard).

Methods: Temporospatial gait parameters were estimated from 39 healthy adults while walking over an instrumented walkway (GAITRite(®)) and instrumented treadmill system (Zebris) at matched speed.