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THE LAST NOVEMBER THE 17th CLAUDIA TREMPS, PROFESSIONAL TRAIL RUNNER OF LONG DISTANCE, VISITED US. THIS TIME HER VISIT WAS FOR A BIKE FIT FOR HER ROAD BIKE.
Claudia Tremps is a regular sportswoman in our installations. The Institut Català del Peu and its sporting biomechanical department, Fitmetric, as biomechanical professionals and podiatrists, we are part of the professional team which help and work with Claudia in her sporting course. She usually visits us at the beginning and middle of the season for […]
ISSUE IN “LA VANGUARDIA” ABOUT THE LAST BIOMECHANICAL TECHNOLOGY DESIGNED BY THE INSTITUT CATALÀ DEL PEU (TRIAL).
In the newspaper dated 11 September last, “La Vanguardia” published an issue about the last technological innovations designed by Fitmetric (Sporting Biomechanical Department of the Institut Català del Peu). Such technology is called Motiontrack and it is about an application to visualize biomechanical and performance parameters of the sportsman/sportswoman. And now, you can read this […]
THE SUBUNGUAL HELOMA. APPEARANCE AND TREATMENT.
The subungual heloma is a commonly keratosis known as callosity which is located in the nail bed and underlying to the unguinal layer. It appears statistically most of the time on the first toe. The causes which help the appearance of the subungual heloma are several: Repetitive politraumatisms by the use of shoes with short […]
THE INSTITUT CATALÀ DEL PEU AND ROAD RUNNING REVIEW CARRY OUT A BIOMECHANICAL STUDY WITH DIFFERENT SPORTING SHOES.
Are there any differences for the runner regarding contact time, flight, etc. among the different top models of running shoes with carbon sheet? A few months ago, our colleagues of Road Running Review, offered us a very interesting proposal. It was about analyzing biomechanical factors and time of footstep and flight of 5 running shoes […]
THE INSTITUT CATALÀ DEL PEU CARRIES OUT A PIONEERING STUDY OF THE SERVICE OF TENNIS WITH DIVERSE BIOMECHANICAL TECHNOLOGIES.
The Institut Català del Peu, through Fitmetric, its Department of Sporting Biomechanics, carries out a series of physical tests and biomechanical analysis of the tennis service with 3 different biomechanical technologies at the same time to 24 tennis players of the Catalan Tennis Federation, which is a part of a pioneering plan in Spain. Fitmetric, […]
THE INSTITUT CATALÀ DEL PEU, NEW COLLABORATOR OF CATALONIA’S HIKING ENTITIES FEDERATION.
The Catalonia’s Hiking Entities Federation and the Institut Català del Peu, through Fitmetric, its Department of Biomechanics, has signed a new agreement of collaboration. This month, the President of the FEEC, Jordi Merino and the Director of the Institut Català del Peu, Miguel Ángel Baños, have signed this agreement to add up efforts between the […]
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