Clinical use and fabrication of molded thermoplastic foot orthotic devices. Suggestion from the field.

The semirigid or rigid molded thermoplastic foot orthosis can be used as treatment for a variety of foot and lower extremity disorders. The foot orthosis functions to decrease biomechanical dysfunction or to change plantar contact points on the foot. Clinicians providing foot orthotic device therapy can best meet the therapeutic needs of their patients by fabricating orthotic devices from a variety of materials according to the nature of each case.