Tuyển tập báo cáo các nghiên cứu khoa học quốc tế ngành y học dành cho các bạn tham khảo đề tài: Foot orthoses: how much customisation is necessary? | BioMed Central Journal of Foot and Ankle Research Commentary Foot orthoses how much customisation is necessary Hylton B Menz Open Access Address Musculoskeletal Research Centre Faculty of Health Sciences La Trobe University Bundoora Victoria Australia Email Hylton B Menz - Published 9 July 2009 Received 12 June 2009 Journal of Foot and Ankle Research 2009 2 23 doi 1757-1146-2-23 Accepted 9 July 2009 This article is available from http content 2 1 23 2009 Menz licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract The relative merit of customised versus prefabricated foot orthoses continues to be the subject of passionate debate among foot health professionals. Although there is currently insufficient evidence to reach definitive conclusions a growing body of research literature suggests that prefabricated foot orthoses may produce equivalent clinical outcomes to customised foot orthoses for some conditions. Consensus guidelines for the prescription of customised foot orthoses need to be developed so that the hypothesised benefits of these devices can be thoroughly evaluated. Those outside the foot health professions would be justifiably perplexed by the level of passion aroused by debates regarding the prescription and manufacture of foot orthoses. When all the professional turf wars weekend workshops and marketing spin are stripped away all that is left is a visually unremarkable piece of contoured thermoplastic placed inside the shoe. Despite technological advances which have significantly altered approaches to both the assessment of foot function and manufacture of foot orthoses 1 2 the devices themselves have actually changed surprisingly little over time. .
