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A minimal markerset for three-dimensional foot function assessment: measuring navicular drop and drift under dynamic conditions.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The validity of predicting foot pronation occurring mainly at the midfoot by surrogate measures from the rearfoot, like eversion excursion, is limited. The dynamic navicular mobility in terms of vertical navicular drop (dNDrop) and medial navicular drift (dNDrift) may be regarded as meaningful clinical indicators to represent overall foot function. This study aimed to develop a minimal approach to measure the two parameters and to examine their intra- and interday reliability during walking.

Methods

The minimal markerset uses markers at the lateral and medial caput of the 1^st and 5^th metatarsals, respectively, at the dorsal calcaneus and at the tuberosity of the navicular bone. Dynamic navicular drop and drift were assessed with three-dimensional motion capture in 21 healthy individuals using a single-examiner test-retest study design.

Results

Intra- and interday repeatability were 1.1 mm (ICC₂₁ 0.97) and 2.3 mm (ICC₂₁ 0.87) for dynamic navicular drop and 1.5 mm (ICC₂₁ 0.96) and 5.3 mm (ICC₂₁ 0.46) for dynamic navicular drift. The contribution of instrumental errors was estimated to 0.25 mm for dynamic navicular drop and 0.86 mm for dynamic navicular drift.

Conclusions

Interday reliability was generally worse than intraday reliability primary due to day-to-day variations in movement patterns and the contribution of instrumental errors was below 23% for dynamic navicular drop but reached 57% for dynamic navicular drift. The minimal markerset allows to simply transfer the known concepts of navicular drop and drift from quasi-static clinical test conditions to functional tasks, which is recommended to more closely relate assessments to the functional behavior of the foot.

SUBMITTER: Eichelberger P

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5907216 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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A minimal markerset for three-dimensional foot function assessment: measuring navicular drop and drift under dynamic conditions.

Eichelberger Patric P Blasimann Angela A Lutz Nicole N Krause Fabian F Baur Heiner H

Journal of foot and ankle research 20180418

<h4>Background</h4>The validity of predicting foot pronation occurring mainly at the midfoot by surrogate measures from the rearfoot, like eversion excursion, is limited. The dynamic navicular mobility in terms of vertical navicular drop (<i>dNDrop</i>) and medial navicular drift (<i>dNDrift</i>) may be regarded as meaningful clinical indicators to represent overall foot function. This study aimed to develop a minimal approach to measure the two parameters and to examine their intra- and interda ...[more]

PMID: 29713385

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A minimal markerset for three-dimensional foot function assessment: measuring navicular drop and drift under dynamic conditions.

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A minimal markerset for three-dimensional foot function assessment: measuring navicular drop and drift under dynamic conditions.

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