The Institut Català del Peu, through its Department of Biomechanics, Fitmetric, collaborates in the grade of “Science and technologies applied in sport and in physical fitting-out” from the Euncet University, in the subject of Biomechanics and, specifically, in the practice of the subject. Fitmetric provides to students its experience and technology in order to practice […]
The Institut Català del Peu had opened two years ago the first center of sporting biomechanics in Catalonia with the name of Fitmetric. It is about a plan focused on the biomechanic analysis of the sporting technique and the functional analysis through biomechanic technologies for amateur and professional sportsmen/sportswomen with lesions or a complex medical […]
Last February 11th , the Fitmetric’s team, the Biomechanical Department in the Sporting Performance of the Institut Català del Peu, attended the conference as speakers the “Course of updating and revision of the specific physical training for tennis” which organized the Catalan Tennis Federation. Our team gave a presentation about the functional assessment of the […]
We define “strange substance” to any object of organic origin which comes from an external part of the human body. The strange substances with an organic origin can come from animals (hair, bones, etc.) or vegetables (wood, thorns, etc.). The organic substances are usually metallic, plastic or glass. It can come in a voluntary or […]
On November 2021, Fitmetric, by the Institut Català del Peu had several symposiums of biomechanical analysis and podiatric explorations to runners of the Altra sporting shoes brand. Fitmetric is the Department of the Sporting Biomechanical Assessment of the Institut Català del Peu. Many sportsmen and sportswomen visit our installations. Besides, brands like Altra are very […]
The Institut Català del Peu on December the 3rd took part in the training conference about biomechanics to tennis trainers in the course of coaches which provides the Catalan Tennis Federation. The Institut Català del Peu, through Fitmetric, its Department of Biomechanics in the Sporting Performance, took part by second consecutive time in this training […]
The glomus tumor is a benign neoplasia of a vascular origin and an unknown cause. The glomus tumors are made of the hyperplasia of the glomus body or dermic arteriovenous anastomosis which regulates the temperature and the control of the peripheral sanguineous flow. They are located in the nail bed at the level of the […]
The exophytic warts are solid lesions with a fleshy appearance and circumscribed. They grow in an abnormal way showing a remarkably protuberance regarding the dermic or mucosal tissue where they are located. The exophytic warts, as well as all the warts in general, are benign tumors. This kind of warts have a soft and elastic […]
On December the 2nd , Fitmetric, the department of the sporting biomechanics of the Institut Català del Peu, gave a training of biomechanics in tennis in the II level course of trainers through the existing collaboration with the Catalan Tennis Federation for this kind of trainings. Three years ago, it started a collaboration with the […]
The acanthosis nigricans is a dermatosis which is characterized by the hyperpigmentation and the cutaneous hyperkeratosis. It is considered like a cutaneous sign of resistance to the insulin in different illnesses or syndromes of the endocrine system like, for example, the type 2 diabetes or the obesity. It is showed with signs of thickening of […]
