Do foot orthoses change lower limb muscle activity in flat-arched feet towards a pattern observed in normal-arched feet?

Clinical Biomechanics

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 728-736

  Murley, George S ^a   Landorf, Karl B ^a   Menz, Hylton B ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Electromyography; Foot orthoses; Gait; Muscle activity; Tibialis posterior

Indexed keywords

ALIGNMENT MEASUREMENT; CLINICAL EFFECTS; CLINICAL MEASUREMENTS; CLINICAL OUTCOME; CONTACT PHASE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHIC; ELECTROMYOGRAPHIC ACTIVITY; EXPERIMENTAL CONDITIONS; FOOT ORTHOSE; GAIT; LOWER LIMB; MEDIAL GASTROCNEMIUS; MUSCLE ACTIVITIES; MUSCLE ACTIVITY; MUSCLE FUNCTION; ORTHOSES; ORTHOSIS; PEAK AMPLITUDE; SURFACE ELECTRODE; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR; TIBIALIS POSTERIOR; WIRE ELECTRODE;

ARCHES; ELECTRODES; ORTHOTICS;

MUSCLE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTRODE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FLAT ARCHED FEET; FLATFOOT; FOOT ORTHOSIS; GAIT; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; LEG MUSCLE; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PERONEUS MUSCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE; TIBIALIS POSTERIOR MUSCLE; WEIGHT BEARING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANKLE JOINT; FEMALE; FLATFOOT; GAIT; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; ORTHOTIC DEVICES; REFERENCE VALUES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955661341     PISSN: 02680033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiomech.2010.05.001     Document Type: Article

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