Quantifying lower limb inter-joint coordination and coordination variability after four-month wearing arch support foot orthoses in children with flexible flat feet.

Introduction: Flat feet in children negatively affect lower limb alignment and cause adverse health-related problems. The long-term application of foot orthoses (FOs) may have the potential to improve lower limb coordination and its variability.

Aim: To evaluate the effects of long-term use of arch support FOs on inter-joint coordination and coordination variability in children with flexible flat feet.

Effect of a corrective exercise program on gait kinetics and muscle activities in older adults with both low back pain and pronated feet: A double-blind, randomized controlled trial.

Background: Low back pain is among the most common health problems seen in primary care. This study aimed to evaluate the effect of a corrective exercise program on GRF components, back pain, disability score, and muscle activities in back pain patients with pronated feet during walking.

Research Question: What is the effect of corrective exercise program on gait kinetics, back pain, disability score, and muscle activities in back pain patients with pronated feet during walking?

Methods: Thirty-six older adults with both back pain and pronated feet volunteered to participate in this study.

Effects of varus knee alignment on gait biomechanics and lower limb muscle activity in boys: A cross sectional study.

Background: There is evidence that frontal plane lower limb malalignment (e.g., genu varus) is a risk factor for knee osteoarthritis development.

The long-term use of foot orthoses affects walking kinematics and kinetics of children with flexible flat feet: A randomized controlled trial.

Background: Due to inconclusive evidence on the effects of foot orthoses treatment on lower limb kinematics and kinetics in children, studies are needed that particularly evaluate the long-term use of foot orthoses on lower limb alignment during walking. Thus, the main objective of this study was to evaluate the effects of long-term treatment with arch support foot orthoses versus a sham condition on lower extremity kinematics and kinetics during walking in children with flexible flat feet.

Methods: Thirty boys aged 8-12 years with flexible flat feet participated in this study.

Do different methods for measuring joint moment asymmetry give the same results?

Gait asymmetry is defined as a loss of perfect agreement between the dominant and non-dominant lower limbs. Conflicting results from gait asymmetry studies may be due to different definitions of asymmetry, different research methods, and/or different variables and formulas used for asymmetry calculation. As a result, this makes it difficult to compare joint asymmetry values between studies.

Effect of kinesio taping on lower limb joint powers in individuals with genu varum.

Objective: Therapeutic lateral knee joint muscle taping potentially offers a low-risk, economical and effective alternative for the clinical treatment of light to moderate knee overload, due to misalignment in patients with genu varum. In this study, we aimed at investigating the immediate effect of lateral knee joint muscular kinesio taping on lower limb joint powers, during the stance phase of walking, in individuals with genu varum.

Methods: Fifteen male subjects with genu varum misalignment (age: 24.

Effects of Corrective Training on Drop Landing Ground Reaction Force Characteristics and Lower Limb Kinematics in Older Adults With Genu Valgus: A Randomized Controlled Trial.

The aim of this study was to identify the effects of a corrective exercise program on landing ground reaction force characteristics and lower limb kinematics in older adults with genu valgus. A total of 26 older male adults with genu valgus were randomized into two groups. An experimental group conducted a 14-week corrective exercise program, whereas a control group did not perform any exercise.

The effect of foot orthoses on joint moment asymmetry in male children with flexible flat feet.

Introduction: It has been widely postulated that structural and functional misalignments of the foot, such as flat foot, may cause mechanical deviations of the lower limb during walking. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of foot orthoses on lower extremity joint moment asymmetry during the stance phase of walking in children with asymptomatic flexible flat feet.

Methods: Fourteen volunteer male children, clinically diagnosed with flexible flat feet, participated in this study.

The effects of low arched feet on lower limb joints moment asymmetry during gait in children: A cross sectional study.

Background: The prevalence of flexible flat feet in children was reported to be up to 20% in previous studies. However, the role of foot type in the development of musculoskeletal injuries is less clear, particularly in children. The purpose of this study was to investigate the differences in the joint moment asymmetry in children with flexible flat feet and healthy matched control subjects.

Combining valgus knee brace and lateral foot wedges reduces external forces and moments in osteoarthritis patients.

Osteoarthritis progression can be related to the external knee adduction and flexion moments during walking. Lateral foot wedges and knee braces have been used as treatment for osteoarthritis, but little is known about their influence on knee joint moments generated in the sagittal and frontal planes. Therefore, the aim of the present study was determine the effects of the isolated and combined use of valgus knee brace and lateral wedge foot orthotic on peak forces and moments during gait in knee osteoarthritis patients.

A comparison of running kinetics in children with and without genu varus: A cross sectional study.

Introduction: Varus knee alignment has been identified as a risk factor for the progression of medial knee osteoarthritis. However, the underlying mechanisms have not been elucidated yet in children. Thus, the aims of the present study were to examine differences in ground reaction forces, loading rate, impulses, and free moment values during running in children with and without genu varus.

Effect of foot orthoses on the medial longitudinal arch in children with flexible flatfoot deformity: A three-dimensional moment analysis.

Foot orthoses are often used to correct altered gait patterns. The purpose of this study was to investigate how foot orthoses can modify the magnitude of three dimensional moments of ankle, knee, and hip joints during a stride of gait in children with flexible flat feet. Bilateral gait data were collected from fourteen male children (age 10.