Most of the children using AFOs but not fulfilling the functional goal used their orthoses also with the indication to maintain or improve range of ankle dorsiflexion. In non-walking children ...

Participants Children aged 8–14 years with clinically diagnosed calcaneal apophysitis. Interventions Treatment factor 1: two different types of in-shoe orthoses: a heel raise or prefabricated orthoses ...

Objectives To assess the efficacy of exercise, orthoses and splinting on function, pain and quality of life (QoL) for the management of mid-portion and insertional Achilles tendinopathy, and to ...

Orthoses are widely used in the management of children with CP even though there is no robust evidence for its effect. [8,9] The ankle-foot orthosis (AFO) is the most frequently used type of ...