CASE STUDY: VERIFYING THE EFFECT OF SPECIFIC ORTHOPAEDIC INSOLES AND BIOMECHANICAL SHOES ON PLANTAR PRESSURE
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| Year of publication | 2014 |
| Type | Article in Proceedings |
| Conference | 7th International Scientific Conference on Kinesiology, 2014, Opatija, Croatia |
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| Field | Sport and leisure time activities |
| Keywords | orthopaedic insoles; biomechanical shoes; plantography |
| Description | The aim of this paper is to present specific orthopaedic insoles and biomechanical shoes manufactured in the Czech Republic in cooperation with Faculty of Sport Studies and, most importantly, objective data which were obtained during analyzing the effect of the orthopaedic means on distribution of plantar pressure in two selected probands. Immediate effect on the sole inside the shoe was measured through plantographic insoles; long-term effect on a bare foot was measured on a plantographic platform. The results of the proband, who was testing orthopaedic insoles and the one who was testing biomechanical shoes, were quite different. With orthopaedic insoles, both plantographic methods proved majority of the proclaimed positive effects, whereas the effects of biomechanical shoes were both positive and negative. A common feature was immediate reaction towards a change, which is positively manifested only after long-term use. |