Abstract-The unique structural configuration found in human foot allows easy walking. Similar movement is hard to imitate even for an ape. It is obvious that human ambulation relates to the foot structure itself. Suppose the bones are represented as vertices and the joints as edges. This leads to the development of a special graph that represents human foot. On a footprint there are point-ofcon...

As with many other aspects of the foot, the rheumatoid foot, historically, has been treated symptomatically. If there is a painful tenosynovitis, synovectomy; a painful joint not responding to drug treatment, fusion; bony prominences (including metatarsal heads), excision; if the structure collapses, a valgus 'insole'; and if all else fails, bespoke footwear and discharge. But is this good enou...

Wounds of the horse’s foot are common, and many are simple and heal without untoward consequences. Unfortunately, others may cause lasting changes in hoof function, and sometimes even be life threatening. The term foot describes the hoof and all structures contained within it. It is part of the appendicular skeleton and as such most of the same elements, i.e. bones, joints, tendons and ligament...

Diabetes mellitus is an epidemic chronic condition in worldwide [1]. There is considerable growth in the number of who have diabetes [2]. One of the most common complications of diabetes is neuropathy that affecting 50% to 70% of cases [3,4]. The loss of sensation in the foot due to peripheral neuropathy may often lead to muscle imbalance, delays in muscle activation patterns, abnormal gait and...

INTRODUCTION Athletes with a cavus foot structure have a higher rate of injury compared to athletes with other foot types (Cowan et al., 1993; Burns et al., 2005b). This increased risk of injury is thought to be associated with the elevated plantar pressure seen in people with a cavus foot (Burns et al., 2005a; Sneyers et al, 1995). Athletes with a cavus foot type are routinely recommended ‘neu...

Foot pressure distributions during locomotion have causal links with the anatomical and structural configurations of the foot tissues and the mechanics of locomotion. Elephant feet have five toes bound in a flexible pad of fibrous tissue (digital cushion). Does this specialized foot design control peak foot pressures in such giant animals? And how does body size, such as during ontogenetic grow...

The postural stability of bipedal robots is investigated in perspective of foot-rotation during locomotion. With foot already rotated, the biped is modeled as an underactuated kinematic structure. The stability of such biped robots is analyzed by introducing the concept of rotational stability. The rotational stability investigates whether a biped would lead to a flat-foot posture or the biped ...

An off-line smoother algorithm is proposed to estimate foot motion using an inertial sensor unit (three-axis gyroscopes and accelerometers) attached to a shoe. The smoother gives more accurate foot motion estimation than filter-based algorithms by using all of the sensor data instead of using the current sensor data. The algorithm consists of two parts. In the first part, a Kalman filter is use...

Objective The objective of this study was to elaborate patient’s views of diabetic foot care within the Jordanian healthcare system. Design A qualitative approach with unstructured face‐to‐face interviews was used in this study. Setting Participants were recruited from six hospitals throughout Jordan plus a university affiliated healthcare centre. Subjects Seven patients with diabetes and suffe...

Introduction An increasing trend for 3D kinematic analysis of multisegment foot has emerged both in clinical and biomechanical studies [1,2]. Nevertheless, existence of several joints among tiny bones of foot causes difficulties both for joint angle definition and their measurement. Unlike with the larger lower limbs bone, it is hardly possible to put three reflective markers over each foot bon...