A systematic review of the effect of foot orthoses and shoe characteristics on balance in healthy older subjects
Author(s) -
Atefeh Aboutorabi,
Mahmood Bahramizadeh,
Mokhtar Arazpour,
Reza Fadayevatan,
Farzam Farahmand,
Sarah Curran,
Stephen W Hutchins
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
prosthetics and orthotics international
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.729
H-Index - 52
eISSN - 1746-1553
pISSN - 0309-3646
DOI - 10.1177/0309364615588342
Subject(s) - foot orthoses , balance (ability) , physical medicine and rehabilitation , falling (accident) , medicine , foot (prosody) , fear of falling , physical therapy , population , balance problems , dynamic balance , poison control , injury prevention , medical emergency , engineering , linguistics , philosophy , physics , environmental health , quantum mechanics , term (time) , mechanical engineering
Foot orthoses are used to optimize lower extremity function and can improve postural stability by enhancing the afferent somatosensory feedback available to the central nervous system.
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