PMID: 18202329Jan 19, 2008Paper

Ability of foot care professionals to cast feet using the nonweightbearing plaster and the gait-referenced foam casting techniques

Journal of the American Podiatric Medical Association
Leslie C Trotter, Michael Raymond Pierrynowski

Abstract

We examined the ability of foot care professionals to consistently capture the forefoot-to-rearfoot angular relationship of a single-cast foot. Eleven Canadian certified pedorthists each cast a single foot twice using the plaster of Paris and foam box techniques. Three independent raters subsequently measured the resultant casts. Statistical analysis of the data provided generalizability coefficient estimates (rho(2)) of the intracaster, intercaster, and rater reliabilities. Intracaster reliabilities were excellent when the plaster and foam box techniques were used (rho(2) = 0.831 and 0.939, respectively). The casters were more intrareliable when foam was used (F = 2.755, P = .003). Intercaster reliabilities were poor for both techniques (rho(2) = 0.410 and 0.425). Although, intrarater reliability was excellent (rho(2) = 0.882), interrater reliability was poor (rho(2) = 0.418). Although plaster of Paris casting is widely perceived by the foot care community as the gold standard, other casting techniques may prove to be equally reliable.

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Mar 8, 2011·Journal of Foot and Ankle Research·Matthew CarrollKeith Rome
Jun 20, 2014·Prosthetics and Orthotics International·Somaieh PayehdarVahid Abdollah
Jul 5, 2013·Prosthetics and Orthotics International·Hassan SaeediMohsen Movahedi Yeganeh
Mar 16, 2018·Journal of Foot and Ankle Research·Kristina StankovićToon Huysmans
Nov 20, 2008·Journal of the American Podiatric Medical Association·Leslie C Trotter, Michael Raymond Pierrynowski
Sep 30, 2008·Journal of the American Podiatric Medical Association·Leslie C Trotter, Michael Raymond Pierrynowski
Sep 10, 2019·Journal of Foot and Ankle Research·Giulia RogatiPaolo Caravaggi

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