The Australian Defence Force Parachute Training School instructs trainees to make initial ground contact using a flat foot whereas United States paratroopers are taught to contact the ground with the ball of the foot first. This study aimed to determine whether differences in foot pitch affected parachute landing technique. Kinematic, ground reaction force and electromyographic data were analyz...

Background and Objective: Cerebral palsy is a non-progressive disorder of posture and motor status caused by various factors and can cause childhood disabilities and abnormalities like flat foot deformity. Kinesio Taping is a typical technique that helps relieve pain, relax muscles, and increase proprioception. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of Kinesio Taping on the...

Children are commonly brought into clinic by parents anxious over ‘flat feet’. Whilst flat feet may represent a normal developmental process, the natural history of foot posture in children is incompletely understood. This fuels controversy concerning which foot postures necessitate clinical intervention. The persistence of this controversy may be due, at least in part, to the absence of a clin...

Purpose: Flat feet associates with altered knee kinematics, kinetics, as well as knee pain. Fatigue of plantar intrinsic foot muscles may increase the navicular drop. However, it is unclear how fatigue influences the knee pain in individuals with flat feet. The purpose of this study was to assess the effect of fatigue on knee kinematics and kinetics in flat feet people during walking. Methods:...

? The condition, as discussed in several papers by various surgeons, was known by the following symptoms:?(a.) Apparent flexion of the first phalanx of the toe on its metatarsal bone, (b.) Inability to dorsiflex the toe, more or less complete, (c.) Pain felt in efforts to dorsiflex the toe, as, for instance, in the act of standing on tiptoe. This pain is usually felt over dorsal aspect of joint...

locomotion fundamental skills play an essential role in improving motor development throughout the life span as they provide children with better development by enhancing search abilities in environment. this study aimed at comparing the locomotion fundamental skills in 7-year-old children with lower extremity deformities and healthy children. the statistical population consisted of 7-year-old ...