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Foot Orthoses

Known as: Orthotic Device, Foot, Foot Orthotic Devices, Orthosis, Foot 
Devices used to support or align the foot structure, or to prevent or correct foot deformities.
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Highly Cited
2008
Highly Cited
2008
The influence of arch supports on knee torques relevant to knee osteoarthritis.
PURPOSE Changes in footwear and foot orthotic devices have been shown to significantly alter knee joint torques thought to be… 
Highly Cited
2006
Highly Cited
2006
The effect of foot orthoses in rheumatoid arthritis.
OBJECTIVE To evaluate the effectiveness of foot orthoses using the foot function index (FFI) in a group of patients with… 
Highly Cited
2006
Highly Cited
2006
Preliminary kinematic evaluation of a new stance-control knee-ankle-foot orthosis.
2005
2005
Use of laterally wedged custom foot orthoses to reduce pain associated with medial knee osteoarthritis: a preliminary investigation.
  • R. RubinH. Menz
  • Journal of the American Podiatric Medical…
  • 2005
  • Corpus ID: 35792155
Osteoarthritis of the knee is a common condition that can cause considerable pain and disability. Various forms of lateral… 
2002
2002
Force-controllable ankle foot orthosis (AFO) to assist drop foot gait
Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, February 2003. 
2000
2000
Foot orthoses materials
Abstract The conservative management of foot disorders may involve the prescription of appropriate foot orthoses. Most foot… 
1999
1999
Paraplegia: prolonged standing using closed-loop functional electrical stimulation and Andrews ankle-foot orthosis.
One T10 paraplegic male (CS) implanted in 1991 with a Nucleus FES-22 stimulator has been able to achieve closed-loop standing for… 
Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
Comparison of a stiff and a spring-type ankle-foot orthosis to improve gait in spastic hemiplegic children.
The effect of two different types of functional ankle-foot orthosis on the gait of patients with spastic hemiplegia was studied… 
Highly Cited
1986
Highly Cited
1986
Effects of inhibitive ankle-foot orthoses on standing balance in a child with cerebral palsy. A single-subject design.
A single-subject, alternating treatments design was conducted to evaluate the effects of inhibitive ankle-foot orthoses on… 
Highly Cited
1986
Highly Cited
1986
Gait abnormalities in peroneal nerve paralysis and their corrections by orthoses: a biomechanical study.
Stroke, brain injury, incomplete spinal cord injuries, and peripheral neuropathies frequently result in dysfunction of the foot… 
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