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Article: Researchers from Northern Arizona University provide details of new studies and findings in the area of podiatry.
- Article from:
- Health & Medicine Week
- Article date:
- November 2, 2009
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According to recent research from the United States, "Classification of rearfoot motion patterns would assist in understanding normal rearfoot motion and would facilitate the identification of abnormal motion. We sought to identify common frontal plane rearfoot motion patterns in an asymptomatic population."
"Frontal plane rearfoot motion was measured with an electromagnetic motion analysis system in 279 asymptomatic individuals during barefoot walking. The coefficient of multiple correlation and visual observation were used to identify similar patterns of rearfoot motion," wrote M.W. Cornwall and colleagues, Northern Arizona University (see also Podiatry).
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