Custom versus Pre-Fabricated Foot Orthoses – What does best evidence tell us?

Learn about the current best evidence that supports the use of custom and pre-fabricated foot orthoses. Dr. Thomas G. McPoil, PT, PhD, FAPTA will review the reasons for prescribing foot orthoses, what the current research tells us about the typical pattern of foot motion during walking, the theories proposed to explain how foot orthoses work, and differences in treatment outcomes for chronic plantar heel pain and anterior knee pain as a result of using foot orthoses.

Date Recorded:

February 12, 2019

Instructor:

Dr. Thomas G. McPoil, PT, PhD, FAPTA

About the Instructor:

Dr. McPoil is currently a professor in the School of Physical Therapy at Regis University and an Emeritus Regent’s Professor of Physical Therapy at Northern Arizona University.