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Can orthoses and navicular drop affect foot motion patterns during running?

Mansour Eslami1, Reed Ferber

  • 1Department of Physical Education and Sport Science, University of Mazandaran, Iran. mseslami@yahoo.com

Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport
|November 10, 2012
PubMed
Summary

Semi-rigid foot orthoses reduce forefoot-rearfoot joint coupling during running. This effect was observed by decreasing forefoot frontal plane motion, irrespective of an individual's navicular drop measurement.

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Area of Science:

  • Biomechanics
  • Sports Medicine
  • Orthotics

Background:

  • Foot and ankle biomechanics are crucial in running gait.
  • Navicular drop is a common indicator of foot posture and potential biomechanical issues.
  • Understanding joint coupling is key to analyzing running-related injuries.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate how semi-rigid foot orthoses affect forefoot-rearfoot joint coupling during running.
  • To determine if navicular drop influences these coupling patterns with and without orthoses.

Main Methods:

  • Twenty-three male subjects ran at a controlled pace with and without semi-rigid foot orthoses.
  • Forefoot-rearfoot coupling was analyzed using vector coding during the initial stance phase.
  • Subjects were grouped by navicular drop, and a three-way ANOVA was used for statistical analysis.

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Main Results:

  • An interaction between orthosis condition and stance interval was significant (p=0.01).
  • Forefoot-rearfoot coupling increased more rapidly without orthoses compared to with orthoses during the stance phase (p=0.02).
  • No significant interaction was found between stance interval, orthosis condition, and navicular drop (p=0.14).

Conclusions:

  • Semi-rigid foot orthoses significantly decrease forefoot-rearfoot joint coupling angles.
  • Orthoses achieve this by reducing forefoot motion in the frontal plane relative to the rearfoot.
  • Navicular drop did not impact forefoot-rearfoot coupling patterns during the analyzed portion of stance.