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Stimulating foot orthosis

Intervention

1 paper3 findings

C, W, M, H: cells, worms or flies, mice, humans. Dark: independent labs found the same change there. Light: one lab or one study. Outline: nothing yet.

Company ties: findings with an author at a company, or from a paper whose competing-interests statement declares ties to one.

  • 1 lab in 1 country
  • Funders: Hong Kong Polytechnic University and 1 more
  • 3 of 3 findings with company ties
  • Human trial1

Outcomes

3

Postural balance

upin humans1

1 study

  1. Stimulating foot orthosis improves postural balance in humans.

    “stimulating foot orthosis with tall and medium-height protruding knobs improved equilibrium scores”

    Human trialtall and medium-height protruding knobsn = 10

    Effects of protruding knob heights in site-specific somatosensory foot orthoses on postural balance in older adults: A dose-response study

    Clinical biomechanics (Bristol, Avon)18 Jul 2025

Center of pressure maximum velocity

upin humans1

1 study

  1. Stimulating foot orthosis increases center of pressure maximum velocity in humans.

    “stimulating foot orthosis with tall protruding knobs increased center of pressure maximum velocity during walking on sloped surfaces”

    Human trialwalking on sloped surfacestall protruding knobsn = 10

    Effects of protruding knob heights in site-specific somatosensory foot orthoses on postural balance in older adults: A dose-response study

    Clinical biomechanics (Bristol, Avon)18 Jul 2025

Center of pressure displacement

downin humans1

1 study

  1. Stimulating foot orthosis decreases center of pressure displacement in humans.

    “stimulating foot orthosis with tall protruding knobs reduced both anteroposterior and mediolateral center of pressure displacements during standing with eyes open”

    Human trialstanding with eyes opentall protruding knobsn = 10

    Effects of protruding knob heights in site-specific somatosensory foot orthoses on postural balance in older adults: A dose-response study

    Clinical biomechanics (Bristol, Avon)18 Jul 2025

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