Gait & Posture
Volume 32, Issue 4 , Pages 519-523 , October 2010

A comparison of foot kinematics in people with normal- and flat-arched feet using the Oxford Foot Model

  • Pazit Levinger

      Affiliations

    • Musculoskeletal Research Centre, Faculty of Health Sciences, La Trobe University, Bundoora 3086, VIC, Australia
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +61 3 94795260; fax: +61 3 94795415.
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  • George S. Murley

      Affiliations

    • Musculoskeletal Research Centre, Faculty of Health Sciences, La Trobe University, Bundoora 3086, VIC, Australia
    • Department of Podiatry, Faculty of Health Sciences, La Trobe University, Bundoora 3086, VIC, Australia
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  • Christian J. Barton

      Affiliations

    • Musculoskeletal Research Centre, Faculty of Health Sciences, La Trobe University, Bundoora 3086, VIC, Australia
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  • Matthew P. Cotchett

      Affiliations

    • Musculoskeletal Research Centre, Faculty of Health Sciences, La Trobe University, Bundoora 3086, VIC, Australia
    • Department of Podiatry, Faculty of Health Sciences, La Trobe University, Bundoora 3086, VIC, Australia
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  • Simone R. McSweeney

      Affiliations

    • Department of Podiatry, Faculty of Health Sciences, La Trobe University, Bundoora 3086, VIC, Australia
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  • Hylton B. Menz

      Affiliations

    • Musculoskeletal Research Centre, Faculty of Health Sciences, La Trobe University, Bundoora 3086, VIC, Australia

Received 24 May 2010 ,Revised 14 July 2010 ,Accepted 18 July 2010.

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PII: S0966-6362(10)00217-1

doi: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2010.07.013

Gait & Posture
Volume 32, Issue 4 , Pages 519-523 , October 2010

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