Navicular Drop Test

Revision work

  • Inmaculada Requelo Rodríguez Clínica Pie y Deporte, Sevilla, España
  • Aurora Castro-Méndez Departamento de Podología. Facultad de Enfermería, Fisioterapia y Podología. Universidad de Sevilla.
  • Bárbara Ojeda-Rodríguez Facultad de Enfermería, Fisioterapia y Podología, Universidad de Sevilla, España
  • Lucía Roldán-Fernández Facultad de Enfermería, Fisioterapia y Podología, Universidad de Sevilla, España
  • Mª Luisa González-Elena Departamento de Podología. Facultad de Enfermería, Fisioterapia y Podología. Universidad de Sevilla.
  • Antonio Córdoba-Fernández Departamento de Podología. Facultad de Enfermería, Fisioterapia y Podología. Universidad de Sevilla.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.33155/ramd.v16i3-4.953
Keywords: descenso navicular, pronación, pie navicular drop test, navicular drop, pronation, foot descida do navicular, pronação, pé

Abstract

Aim: to perform a critically review of the literature about  the validity and reliability of the navicular drop test as a clinical tool to evaluate the foot pronation.

Method: Bibliographic review on the “navicular drop test”; A total of 69 articles were reviewed, 31 papers were excluded.

Results: a total of 38 articles were finally selected in Spanish and English idiom, with the topic of the validity and reliability of  the navicular drop test.

Conclusions: The navicular drop test is a widely used tool used in several scientific researches. It is recommended in the evaluation of the foot  pronation due to its simplicity use,  but considering is a  doutful tool  reliability and validity according to the literature.

Key words: navicular drop, pronation, foot.

 

Published
2024-02-28
Issue
Vol. 16 No. 3-4 (2023): December 2023
Section
Revisiones
DOI
https://doi.org/10.33155/ramd.v16i3-4.953