This article describes three cases in which severe foot pathology was managed with surgery and the application of a wooden shoe. Although all horses would have fulfilled grounds for humane euthanasia, they were successfully had favourable outcome. supports current farriery concepts shows how shoe can effectively redistribute horse's weight on solar surface foot, alleviate pain, enhance biomecha...

In Brief: Primary care physicians often see patients who have foot pain. Although foot disorders may have many diagnostic possibilities, the majority can be explained via the pathologic biomechanics of hyperpronation and the resulting changes in the kinetic chain. Four common problems often associated with hyperpronation are plantar fasciitis, posterior tibial tendon dysfunction, metatarsalgia,...

ased on the finite element method, effect of porous osteotomy block biomechanics surrounding joints in treatment flat foot by Evans is studied. The method used to simulate for correct flatfoot. force line analyzed from biomechanical point view. blocks were divided into solid and blocks, normal as control groups. results show that can effectively improve foot. Compared with block, also play a co...

Foot morphology and function has received increasing attention from both biomechanics researchers and footwear manufacturers. In this study, 168 habitually unshod runners (90 males whose age, weight & height were 23±2.4 years, 66±7.1 kg & 1.68±0.13 m and 78 females whose age, weight & height were 22±1.8 years, 55±4.7 kg & 1.6±0.11 m) (Indians) and 196 shod runners (130 males whose age, weight &...

Plantar Fascia (PF) is a fibrous tissue that plays key role in supporting the foot arch; it can be affected by several pathologies alter biomechanics. The present study aims at investigating mechanical behavior of PF and evaluating possible correlations between properties specific pathologies, namely diabetes plantar fibromatosis (Ledderhose syndrome). samples were obtained from 14 human subjec...

Much of our current understanding age-related declines in mobility has been aided by decades investigations on the role muscle–tendon units spanning major lower extremity joints (e.g., hip, knee and ankle) for powering locomotion. Yet, mechanical contributions from foot structures are often neglected. This is despite emerging evidence their critical importance youthful With rapid growth field h...

BACKGROUND Overall performance, particularly in a very popular sports activity such as running, is typically influenced by the status of the musculoskeletal system and the level of training and conditioning of the biological structures. Any change in the musculoskeletal system's biomechanics, especially in the feet and ankles, will strongly influence the biomechanics of runners, possibly predis...

The aim of this study was to examine how visual information is used to control stepping during locomotion over terrain that demands precision in the placement of the feet. More specifically, we sought to determine the point in the gait cycle at which visual information about a target is no longer needed to guide accurate foot placement. Subjects walked along a path while stepping as accurately ...