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THE INSTITUT CATALÀ DEL PEU SIGNS AN AGREEMENT OF COLLABORATION WITH CEU SAN PABLO UNIVERSITY WITH THE AIM OF BEING A CENTER OF PRACTICE FOR STUDENTS OF THE OFFICIAL MASTER’S DEGREE OF BIOMECHANICS.
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 […]
THE INSTITUT CATALÀ DEL PEU TAKES PART IN THE “COURSE OF UPDATING AND REVISION OF THE SPECIFIC PHYSICAL TRAINING FOR TENNIS”, ORGANIZED BY THE CATALAN TENNIS FEDERATION.
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 […]
GENERAL ASPECTS ABOUT STRANGE SUBSTANCES LOCATED ON FOOT
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 […]
THE INSTITUT CATALÀ DEL PEU CARRIES OUT BIOMECHANICAL STUDIES TO THE ALTRA SPORSTWOMEN AND SPORTSMEN.
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 TAKES PART IN THE TRAINING CONFERENCE ABOUT BIOMECHANICS OF THE CATALAN TENNIS FEDERATION.
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. APPEARANCE, DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT.
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 […]












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