Somatosensory stimulation foot orthoses
1 paper3 findings
- 1 lab in 1 country
- Funder: University Grants Committee
- 3 of 3 findings with company ties
- Human trial1
Outcomes
3Sway energy
downin humans1
1 study
Sway energy
downin humans1
Somatosensory stimulation foot orthoses decrease sway energy in humans (p = 0.018 and p = 0.043).
“SSFO significantly reduced sway energy during toes-up perturbations compared to FFO (p = 0.018) and toes-down perturbations compared to PFO (p = 0.043).”
Human trialtoes-up vs FFO and toes-down vs PFO
Assistive technology : the official journal of RESNA7 Jul 2026
Weight symmetry
upin humans1
1 study
Weight symmetry
upin humans1
Somatosensory stimulation foot orthoses improve weight symmetry in humans (p = 0.050 and p = 0.033).
“SSFO significantly increased weight symmetry compared to FFO (medium-magnitude-backward translation: p = 0.050) and PFO (large-magnitude-forward translation: p = 0.033)”
Human trialmedium-magnitude-backward translation vs FFO and large-magnitude-forward translation vs PFO
Assistive technology : the official journal of RESNA7 Jul 2026
Equilibrium scores
upin humans1
1 study
Equilibrium scores
upin humans1
Somatosensory stimulation foot orthoses improve equilibrium scores in humans (p = 0.028).
“Compared to PFO, SSFO significantly improved equilibrium scores during eyes-open trials on a fixed support surface (p = 0.028).”
Human trialcompared to placebo foot orthoses during eyes-open trials on a fixed support surface
Assistive technology : the official journal of RESNA7 Jul 2026