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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 […]
THE INSTITUT CATALÀ DEL PEU CARRIES OUT A BIOMECHANICAL ANALYSIS TO THE CYCLIST BENJAMÍ PRADES.
On February 21st the cyclist Benjamí Prades visited our installations of the Institut Català del Peu in order to carry out a biomechanical analysis in Fitmetric, our Biomechanical Department of the Institut Català del Peu. Benjamí, is one of the Catalan cyclists who we treat by the Catalan Cycling Federation through the programs of biomechanical […]
THE CHARCOT’S SYNDROME. APPEARANCE AND TREATMENT.
The Charcot’s syndrome is a degenerative peripheral neuropathy, chronic and progressive which affects to one or more peripheral joints. The pathology develops by a lack of normal sensory and nociceptive proprioception in the innervations of foot and ankle joints. The Diabetes Mellitus, with a high level of glycemia in blood kept in time, causes two […]
THE MACRONYCHIA. DEFINITION AND CAUSES
The macronychia is the abnormal increase of the width or length of nails. It can affect one or several nails. The causes are congenital or acquired, being associated with hippocratic toes, acromegaly, giantism, chondropathy, hypophysis disorders, and pulmonary chronic diseases. When watching the profile toe, the angle formed by the proximal nail fold and the […]
THE INSTITUT CATALÀ DEL PEU CARRIES OUT A PADDLE TENNIS BIOMECHANICS COURSE IN THE CATALAN PADDLE TENNIS FEDERATION.
On November the 25th, Fitmetric, the department of sporting biomechanics of the Institut Català del Peu, gave a course about biomechanics in paddle tennis to paddle tennis trainers with the Catalan Paddle Tennis Federation. The aim of this course was to show the technologies of biomechanical analysis which are nowadays at the service of the […]
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