Open AccessDo foot orthoses change lower limb muscle activity in people with flat‐arched feet towards a pattern observed in those with normal‐arched feet?
Author(s) -
Murley George S,
Landorf Karl B,
Bird Adam R,
Menz Hylton B
Publication year - 2011
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 - 10.1186/1757-1146-4-s1-o33
Subject(s) - medicine , peroneus longus , foot (prosody) , physical medicine and rehabilitation , anatomy , electromyography , gait , gait cycle , kinematics , philosophy , linguistics , physics , classical mechanics
Background Various foot orthoses have been shown to alter tibialis anterior and peroneus longus electromyographic (EMG) muscle activity during walking. However, it is unclear whether these changes represent optimisation in muscle function. Therefore, two studies were conducted to determine; (i) whether people with flat-arched feet display altered muscle activity compared to those with normal-arched feet during gait and (ii) whether foot orthoses change muscle activity in people with flatarched feet towards a pattern observed in those with normal-arched feet.