Ken Van Alsenoy
A blog about Family, Podiatry, Research and other goody stuffArchive for September, 2008
I-Fab.org
PJ was so kind to bring I-Fab to my attention.
I-FAB is an international collaborative activity which will have an important impact on the foot and ankle biomechanics community. It was launched on July 2nd 2007 at the foot and ankle session of the International Society of Biomechanics meeting in Taipei, Taiwan. The steering group of this community consists of leaders in the field of biomechanics:
Dr Dieter Rosenbaum, Dr Ming Zhang,
and Professor Peter Cavanagh
They have an online discussion forum! go and check it out!!
Hop-on Hop-Off: Stockholm
After a very early morning I reached Zaventem airport and to my surprise the Starbucks Coffee stand was already up and running. I ordered myself an Americano Grande and a croissant mmm… remembering the Chicago times…
The talks here at Karolinska institute are very fruitful and we are already making plans to make this a 2/3 year project… Our visit to Michael Weber’s private practice resulted in a clear outline of what the content should be for our 5 week international course.
Afterwards It was time to let my colleague out and play a bit in the park! 
The MOSI – “medial oblique shell inclination”
Paul Harradine, Simon Collins, Chris Webb & Lawrence Bevan published a good paper on a ‘new’ technique, based on the variations of the STJ axis described by K. Kirby.
the reference on the paper is:
Harradine P, Collins S, Webb C, Bevan L. A new method of increasing supinatory moments to a medially deviated subtalar joint axis – The Medial Oblique Shell Inclination. Podiatry Now. Vol 11, No. 3. 2008.a copy of the article and discussion can be found on the Arena!
A quick overview of Harradine’s publications over the last years:
Harradine P., Collins S, Webb C, Bevan L. A new method of increasing supinatory moments to a medially deviate dsubtalar joint axis – The Medial Oblique Shell Inclination. Podiatry Now. Vol 11, No. 3. 2008.
Harradine P. The role of plantar pressure foot pressure measurement within Podiatry. Podiatry now: Continuing Professional Development Supplement, October. 2006
Harradine P., Bevan L, Carter N. An overview of podiatric biomechanics theory and its relation to selected gait dysfunction. Physiotherapy. Volume 92, Issue 2, June 2006, Pages 122-127.
Harradine PD. Podiatry. Importance of the Foot. Positive Health Magazine. Issue 122, April 2006.
Bevan LS, Harradine PD, Durrant B: The effect of temporary immobilisation of the 1st metatarsophalangeal joint upon in-shoe gait analysis parameters – a preliminary study. British Journal of Podiatry.7(2); 2004
Harradine PD, Bevan LJ, Carter N: Podiatric Biomechanics Part 1: Foot based Models. British Journal of Podiatry11(1); 2003
Carter N, Harradine PD, Bevan LJ: Podiatric Biomechanics Part 2. The role of proximal muscle balance. British Journal of Podiatry. 11(2); 2003
Harradine PD; Jarret J: Podiatric Biomechanics, the efficacy of a service within the NHS. The Foot. 11(1):2001
Harradine PD, Herrington L, Wright R: The effect of low dye taping upon rearfoot motion before and after exercise. The Foot. 11(2):2001. p57-61
Harradine PD; Bevan LJ: The effect of rearfoot eversion upon maximum hallux dorsiflexion. Journal of the American Podiatric Medicine Association 9(90);2000
