This article and any supplementary material should be cited as follows: Lee WC, Lee CK, Leung AK, Hutchins SW. Is it important to position foot in subtalar joint neutral position during non–weight-bearing molding for foot orthoses? J Rehabil Res Dev. 2012;49(3):459–66. Slideshow Project DOI: /JRRD JSP Is it important to position foot in subtalar joint neutral position during non–weight-bearing molding for foot orthoses? Winson C. C. Lee, PhD; Christina K. L. Lee, MPhil; Aaron K. L. Leung, PhD; Stephen W. Hutchins, PhD
This article and any supplementary material should be cited as follows: Lee WC, Lee CK, Leung AK, Hutchins SW. Is it important to position foot in subtalar joint neutral position during non–weight-bearing molding for foot orthoses? J Rehabil Res Dev. 2012;49(3):459–66. Slideshow Project DOI: /JRRD JSP Aim – Reveal whether foot shape changed in molds taken with the subtalar joint at different orientations. Relevance – This study may provide useful information regarding non–weight-bearing foot molding techniques for the field of foot orthotics.
This article and any supplementary material should be cited as follows: Lee WC, Lee CK, Leung AK, Hutchins SW. Is it important to position foot in subtalar joint neutral position during non–weight-bearing molding for foot orthoses? J Rehabil Res Dev. 2012;49(3):459–66. Slideshow Project DOI: /JRRD JSP Methods During non–weight-bearing casting, subtalar joints were aligned at following positions: – 4° of eversion. – 2° of eversion. – 2° of inversion. – Neutral. At each orientation, forces were applied over forefoot so metatarsal heads were aligned with rearfoot. Digital scanning was used to analyze shape of each negative mold.
This article and any supplementary material should be cited as follows: Lee WC, Lee CK, Leung AK, Hutchins SW. Is it important to position foot in subtalar joint neutral position during non–weight-bearing molding for foot orthoses? J Rehabil Res Dev. 2012;49(3):459–66. Slideshow Project DOI: /JRRD JSP Results Projection volume changed significantly with different subtalar joint orientations. Changes in arch heights, navicular height, and protrusion were insignificant and very small.
This article and any supplementary material should be cited as follows: Lee WC, Lee CK, Leung AK, Hutchins SW. Is it important to position foot in subtalar joint neutral position during non–weight-bearing molding for foot orthoses? J Rehabil Res Dev. 2012;49(3):459–66. Slideshow Project DOI: /JRRD JSP Conclusions As long as forefoot and hindfoot are aligned, variations in orientation of subtalar joint do not significantly change plantar foot shape of positive model.