Background Exercises strengthening foot muscles and customized arch support insoles are
recommended for improving foot posture in flexible flatfoot. However, it is not known what …

Background The intrinsic and extrinsic foot softtissue structures that apply force and support
the medial longitudinal arch (MLA) have been implicated in the development of flat feet …

Postural stability of the body depends on many factors. One of them is physical activity. It is
especially important in the case of sports or professional work, which combine mobility with …

Flatfoot is a well‐known foot deformity, with a prevalence of 11.2%–29.0% among adults.
Running injuries can occur in individuals with flatfoot; however, the underlying mechanism …

Background: Adult acquired flatfoot is characterized by a medial arch collapse during
monopodal support in the stance phase, develo** eversion of the calcaneus and …

Abstract Introduction Intrinsic foot muscles (IFMs) play an important role in lower-limb motor
control, including biomechanics and neuromuscular control function. Short foot exercise …

Context: Badminton is a unilateral sport that involves repetitive jum**, lunging and quick
changes of direction with the lower limb, thus, plantar pressure profiles and foot postural …

The aim of this study was to quantify balance impairments in standing in people with
degenerative cervical myelopathy (PwDCM) in response to external perturbations. PwDCM …

Featured Application Potential applications of the work are systems for objective artificial-
intelligent performance assessment in healthy individuals (including athletes) and patients …

This paper proposes a new approach to model and analyze erect posture, based on a
spherical inverted pendulum which is used to mimic the body posture. The pendulum …