About the Authors

Maryam Hajizadeh

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

maryam.hajizadeh@umontreal.ca

Affiliation Laboratory of Simulation and Movement Modelling, Institute of Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Medicine, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Quebec, Canada

Benjamin Michaud

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Laboratory of Simulation and Movement Modelling, School of Kinesiology and Physical Activity Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Quebec, Canada

Gauthier Desmyttere

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Laboratory of Simulation and Movement Modelling, School of Kinesiology and Physical Activity Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Quebec, Canada

Jean-Philippe Carmona

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Caboma, Montréal, Quebec, Canada

Mickaël Begon

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Laboratory of Simulation and Movement Modelling, Institute of Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Medicine, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Quebec, Canada, Laboratory of Simulation and Movement Modelling, School of Kinesiology and Physical Activity Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Quebec, Canada

Competing Interests

It should also be mentioned that our innovative approach for quantifying the deformation of foot orthosis during walking does not provide any commercial asset at this point. Therefore, the materials presented in this manuscript is not related to any kind of consultancy, patents, products in development, or marketed products. Furthermore, our commercial affiliation does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials. Finally, we confirm that there is no competing of interest, but a fruitful collaboration between our research team and our industrial partners, Caboma and Medicus. On-going studies involving flat feet patients may provide commercial advantages.