Execution:
- The examiner palpates the patient’s navicular tuberosity and marks it with a pen
- While the patient is in standing or sitting position, the examiner brings the talus in a neutral position
- Then the examiner measures the distance from the ground to the navicular tuberosity and marks it on a piece of paper
- Afterwards, the patient is asked to stand up and to bear weight on the foot and the examiner marks the distance between the navicular tuberosity and the ground on the same paper
Positive Outcome: If the distances from the ground to the navicular tuberosity are greater than 1cm between the non-weight bearing and weight bearing situation, overpronation is indicated
| Study |
Reliability |
Sn | Sp | LR+ |
LR- |
| Picciano et al. (1993) |
Intra ICC= 0.61-0.79 |
NA | NA | NA |
NA |
| Comment: Zuil-Escobar et al. (2018) report that the correlations obtained between the NDT and the evaluated footprints parameters were good. The NDT is a reproducible, valid, and simple test for evaluating MLA height | |||||
