Biomechanics

Fall Risk and Prevention in the Elderly

Falls and fall related injuries are very common in older adults and the incidence ...

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Séamus Kennedy, BEng (Mech), CPed
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Every Step You Take: Quality-of-Life and Life Expectancy

In a broad sense, gait is defined as a manner of walking. It is ...

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Arch Mechanics and the Plantar Fascia

An aponeurosis by definition is a broad flat sheet of dense fibrous connective tissue. ...

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Development of the Lower Limb in Children

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Equinus

Equinus is a common foot and ankle condition that, depending on the clinical definition, ...

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Foot Biomechanics, Part 2: Tissue Stress

Previously, I provided an overview of early foot-orthotics theory, as well as a brief history ...

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Foot Biomechanics, Part 1: Root Theory

When I first started in this field well over 12 years ago I found myself ...

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Hallux Limitus and the Vital Operation of the First MPJ

Give me a lever long enough and a fulcrum on which to place it ...

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Foot Biomechanics, Part 4: Preferred Movement Path and Muscle Tuning

Do current theories of biomechanics adequately describe the functioning foot and lower limb? Recently ...

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Foot Biomechanics, Part 3: Windlass Mechanism

The most widely taught and accepted theory of foot biomechanics was developed by Merton ...

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