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THE INSTITUT CATALÀ DEL PEU SIGNS AN AGREEMENT OF COLLABORATION WITH EPHION HEALTH.
. The Institut Català del Peu, through the signed agreement with Ephion Health, will be a very important step forward in many years’ experience which has drawn up since 2019 with Fitmetric, its Department of Sporting Biomechanics. For both companies, signing this agreement, will mean an important step at a professional level in the field […]
EMMA ORTIZ, A CYCLIST, CARRIES OUT A BIOMECHANICAL STUDY AT THE INSTITUT CATALÀ DEL PEU.
The cyclist Emma Ortiz, champion of Catalonia in 2022, was treated by Fitmetric, the Sporting Biomechanical Department of the Institut Català del Peu, for a cycling biomechanical analysis. The cyclist Emma Ortiz was proclaimed champion of Catalonia in 2022 and was chosen by the Catalan Cycling Federation in order to receive a Fitmetric research grant […]
BIOMECHANICS OF THE CYCLIST: THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE PODIATRY EXAMINATION THROUGH THE BIKE-FIT TECHNIQUE.
From our experience, we know it is very important to work on synergies among the different professionals in order to add up the sportsman/sportswoman. As a team between an expert on sporting biomechanics is very important. Regarding the bike-fit, the foot, the pelvis and the hands are the only elements which are in contact with […]
LOWER EXTREMITY ULCERS: CLASSIFICATION
Ulcers are depressed lesions which appear on feet with a changeable affectation, they can be from the most superficial layer of the skin (epidermis), to osseous structures on a necrotic process and with a common feature, the difficulty of cicatrization or impromptu cure. Classification according to its etiopathogeny: Neuropathic ulcer (45 – 60%). Neuroischemic ulcer […]
THE INSTITUT CATALÀ DEL PEU CARRIES OUT BIOMECHANICAL TESTS IN THE FEDERATION OF HIKING ENTITIES IN CATALONIA (FEEC).
On March the 18th, the Institut Català del Peu carried out biomechanical tests of the grants of sportsmen/sportswomen of the modernization program from the Federation of Hiking Entities in Catalonia (FEEC), stands for Federació d’Entitats Excursionistes de Catalunya. The Institut Català del Peu for this 2023 year, signed a collaboration agreement with FEEC in order […]
CLAWFOOT: BASIC NOTIONS
The clawfoot has a morphology which is characterized by an increase of height and amplitude of the longitudinal arch of foot. Therefore, the support surface falls above all in the external longitudinal arch, where it is usual the appearance of the torn isthmus. It is usually asymptomatic but it can cause tiredness, sprains of repetition […]
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