The functional relationship between the occlusal plane and the plantar arches. An EMG study
B Valentino1, A Fabozzo, F Melito
1Istituto di Anatomia Umana Normale, Facolta di Medicina e Chirurgia, Napoli, Italy.
Surgical and Radiologic Anatomy : SRA
|January 1, 1991
Abstract:
We studied many postural tests with an electromyographical methodology on a group of young men who had a right molar precontact. We compared the results of these tests before and after changing the right plantar arch by placing some plastic on the medial right margin of the homolateral plantar arch (talipes valgus) or on the whole plantar arch (flat foot). We demonstrated the dependence of the occlusal plane on the morphological variations of the plantar arch.
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