ArticleSensors (Basel, Switzerland)2026
Immediate Effects of a Wearable Thermoplastic Polyurethane Arch Pad Sock on Lower-Extremity Muscle Activity in Adults with Flexible Flatfoot.
Article in Sensors (Basel, Switzerland), 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
0 citing papers in PubMed.
No citing paper in PubMed yet.
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
3 authors.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
Flatfoot (pes planus) is a common foot deformity associated with altered lower-extremity muscle activity during gait. Conventional foot orthoses and insoles can provide arch support but have limitations related to comfort, adherence, and everyday usability. This study evaluated the immediate effects of a thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) arch pad sock on lower-extremity muscle activity in adults with flexible flatfoot. Twenty adults with flexible flatfoot participated. Surface electromyography signals were recorded bilaterally from the tibialis anterior (TA), peroneus longus (PL), medial gastrocnemius (MG), and lateral gastrocnemius (LG), which yielded eight recording channels. Muscle activity was measured before and immediately after the TPU arch pad sock application and normalized to percentage of maximum voluntary isometric contraction. Muscle activity was significantly reduced in five of the eight channels following the TPU arch pad sock application (all
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.