Is palpation essential in the digital era of orthotic designing?
While palpation improves landmark reliability, translating these into consistent orthotic designs requires clinical expertise and standardised design workflows. Palpation, while not always essential, improves landmarking identification in variable clinical conditions. Collaborative training and further studies across varied clinician and designer experience levels are essential to optimize digital orthotic design.
Authors
- Marianella Chamorro‐Koc (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7982-1626)
- Komal Chhikara (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6789-4059)
- Natalie Haskell (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8865-9381)
- Marie‐Luise Wille (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4962-7587)
- J. Paige Little (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8377-5343)
- B. Hughes
- Buddhi Herath (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8614-1290)
- Amanda Beatson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7741-2060)
- Kerrie Evans (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7592-7850)
- Sinduja Suresh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0462-7762)
- Scott Morrison
- Dean Hartley
Institutions
- Griffith University (AU)
- The University of Sydney (AU)
- Australian Research Council (AU)
- Queensland University of Technology (AU)
- NovaBiotics (United Kingdom) (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology
- Published
- 2026-02-19
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3389/fbioe.2026.1648513
- Primary Topic
- Lower Extremity Biomechanics and Pathologies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- British Sedimentological Research Group