Custom Orthotics

The Metascan diagnostic system is simple, innovative, high tech, user-friendly and grounded in well-researched principles. It provides an efficient, highly accurate and scientific means of patient assessment.

Metascan dynamic software scans the foot 150 times per second tracking 8 key points along the plantar surface of the foot. Our dynamic display captures bilateral plantar pressure during the stance phase of gait. Gait observations show each of the 8 key points relative to pressure and time in a colour corresponding to the 2D and 3D composite image and displays gait analysis data. The Full Normal Graph compares the patient’s 8-point graph to a normal graph of the stance phase of gait. The Metascan diagnostics translates the digital information along with the clinician information into a prescription for custom orthotics.

The Metascan software analyzes the frame-by-frame distribution of plantar pressures throughout each individual foot. It uses the number and distribution of data points, as well as the magnitude and temporal patterns of the pressure points to calculate a set of key parameters. Through the use of tested and proven algorithms, these and other parameters are used to determine the configuration of the orthotic modules. Algorithms were developed based on pattern recognition of various functional foot abnormalities. The overall aim of the orthotic therapy is to normalize the biomechanical patterns of the feet.