Table 4 % of responders using each material for customised orthoses, modifying customised orthoses, using each method of capturing foot shape and using each method of manufacture

Material

Modified

Shape capture

Manufacture method

62.3% medium density EVA

40.9% modified ≤20%

54.1% foam boxes

29.1% handmade

51.7% rigid plastics

19.4% modified 21–99%

39.9% plaster cast

28.7% CAD/CAM

43.1% high density EVA

2.6% modified all

14.2% scanner

5.4% did not know

28.1% low density EVA

11.4% never modified (25.7% did not answer).

9.8% direct measures

4.6% mix of both approaches

25.5% carbon fibre

3.0% did not take foot impressions.

27.1% did not answer.

(<3.0%, used polyurethane, cushioning, and 3D printed orthoses)