Low additional thickness under the toes could change upright balance of healthy subjects

Frédéric Viseux (1) , Franck Barbier (1, 2) , Philippe Villeneuve (1) , Antoine Lemaire , Pascal Charpentier , Sebastien Leteneur (1)

1 LAMIH - Laboratoire d'Automatique, de Mécanique et d'Informatique industrielles et Humaines - UMR 8201
2 INSA Hauts-De-France - INSA Institut National des Sciences Appliquées Hauts-de-France

The purpose of the study was to evaluate the effect of an additional thickness placed under the toes (TUT) on the CoP measures and to determine the optimum thickness required to maximize the postural control performance. Four conditions were compared: TUT 0 (control), 0.8, 3, and 6 mm and four variables were computed from the CoP displacements. These results suggest that the lowest TUT could contribute to changing balance control, and may have clinical interest. This brings perspectives in the management of patients with risk of falling or with chronic pain syndromes, complementing validated therapeutic strategies.

Mots clés: Foot orthoses; Postural control; Sensory; Toes

Domaines: Sciences du Vivant [q-bio]

Frédéric Viseux, Franck Barbier, Philippe Villeneuve, Antoine Lemaire, Pascal Charpentier, et al.. Low additional thickness under the toes could change upright balance of healthy subjects. Neurophysiologie Clinique = Clinical Neurophysiology, 2018, 48 (6), pp.397-400. ⟨10.1016/j.neucli.2018.08.001⟩. ⟨hal-03464307⟩