Open AccessCustom foot orthoses for the treatment of foot pain: a systematic review
Author(s) -
Hawke F,
Burns J,
Radford J,
Toit V
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
journal of foot and ankle research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.763
H-Index - 39
ISSN - 1757-1146
DOI - 10.1186/1757-1146-1-s1-o46
Subject(s) - foot (prosody) , medicine , physical therapy , physical medicine and rehabilitation , foot orthoses , mood , population , rehabilitation , quality of life (healthcare) , psychiatry , philosophy , linguistics , physics , quantum mechanics , term (time) , nursing , environmental health
Foot pain affects approximately one quarter of the population at any given time [1,2], is disabling in nearly half of these cases [3] and can impair mood, behaviour, risk of falls, self-care ability and quality of life [4-7]. Custom-made foot orthoses are hypothesised to alleviate foot pain by reducing the biomechanical stress applied to injured tissues [8,9]. We aimed to systematically review the effectiveness of custom-made foot orthoses for the treatment of all types of foot pain.