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Outcome evaluation of ankle osteoarthritis treatments: Plantar pressure analysis during relatively long-distance walking

Kamiar Aminian, Julien Favre, Xavier Crevoisier, Hossein Rouhani

Background: This study aimed to use plantar pressure analysis in relatively long-distance walking for objective outcome evaluation of ankle osteoarthritis treatments, i.e., ankle arthrodesis and total ankle replacement. Methods: Forty-seven subjects in fou ...

Elsevier2011

Ambulatory Assessment of Foot Kinematics and Kinetics

Hossein Rouhani

Two surgical treatments exist for ankle osteoarthritis (AO): ankle arthrodesis (AA) and total ankle replacement (TAR). Due to advantages and drawbacks of each treatment, decision making about these treatments is still a clinical question and thus, their ou ...

EPFL2010

The lasting effects of spike insoles on postural control in the elderly

Estelle Palluel

The purpose of the present study was to explore the lasting effects of a tactile sensitivity enhancement induced by spike insoles on the control of stance in the elderly. Healthy elderly subjects (n = 19, mean age = 68.8) and young adults (n = 17, mean age ...

2009

Do spike insoles enhance postural stability and plantar-surface cutaneous sensitivity in the elderly?

Estelle Palluel

Balance problems are often related to a loss of plantar-sensitivity in elderly people. The purpose of this study was to explore the contribution of plantar cutaneous inputs induced by a spike support surface to the control of stance. Nineteen elderly (mean ...

2008

Elevated heels and adaptation to new shoes in frail elderly women

Kamiar Aminian, Bijan Najafi

Footwear is supposed to have influence on postural control and is a potential aspect to address in the prevention of falls in the elderly. This study aimed to show whether measurements of static balance and gait are different with habitual shoes compared t ...

2003

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