How does a chiropody assessment work?
Lasting 45 minutes to an hour, the podiatric assessment is divided into several stages:
Interrogation
The consultation begins with an interrogation which will allow us to specify the reason for the consultation, to know the patient's lifestyle (sporting activities in particular), as well as his medical, surgical and family history.
Clinical examination in standing position
The podiatrist then explores the patient's posture and carries out certain biomechanical tests to provide information on joint amplitudes, muscle tone and the position of the lower limbs in space.
Clinical examination in unloading
This examination in the supine position provides information on the joint and muscle ranges of the patient's body without being subjected to forces. It is useful for locating the painful area more precisely and highlighting the structure(s) concerned.
Static posture analysis
At this stage of the consultation, the podiatrist studies the patient's static footprint using a pressure platform. This allows the analysis of the standing position on the two immobile feet and to note instabilities in the frontal (front) and sagittal (side) planes.
Dynamic gait analysis
The aim of the dynamic examination is to analyse the gait and to note whether the patient has pronation (feet in), supination (feet out) and a physiological stride.
Quantified gait/running analysis
Quantified gait analysis is a medical examination in which a patient's gait is measured to identify defects and deduce causes. The primary purpose of this examination is to characterise and understand a patient's gait defects in order to guide therapeutic choice. Secondary purposes may be to evaluate the effect of a treatment or to monitor the evolution of a patient's gait.
