| EPSRC Reference: |
GR/S59710/01 |
| Title: |
Challenging the established paradigm of foot control over the lower limb during walking |
| Principal Investigator: |
Graham-Smith, Dr P |
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| Department: |
Inst for Health and Social Care Res |
| Organisation: |
University of Salford |
| Scheme: |
First Grant Scheme Pre-FEC |
| Starts: |
01 April 2004 |
Ends: |
31 May 2006 |
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84,705
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Weight bearing pronation and supination movements in the rearfoot complex (ankle, sub talar and mid tarsal joint) are coupled with transverse plane motion of the tibia. Through this anatomical linkage there is the potential for a relationship to exist between the magnitude and timing of rearfoot complex motion and the magnitude and timing of transverse plane motion at the knee and hip. The assumption at present is that the foot determines the axial rotation of the proximal structures. However, the paradigm which supports this assumption was intended to explain what was seen clinically and was not based on actual experimental analysis of walking. It is our contention that the hip has a strong influence (control) over the transverse plane motion in the lower limb. We propose to investigate subjects with competent and incompetent gluteal function to compare their transverse plane motions. Kinematic, kinetic and EMG analysis of walking will be used to generate data to test our hypothesis. The results with be used to critique the assumptions made in the current clinical model (paradigm) of lower limb function, and be a platform for furthering the existing work in our Centre in this area.
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