Jul 16, 2014
1. "Compensation depends on the interplay of multiple factors: The availability of a compensatory response, the cost of compensation, and the stability of the system being perturbed." What happens when we change the length of one leg? How do we compensate? Here is a look at the short term consequences of a newly acquired leg length difference. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24857934 2. Medial Longitudinal Arch Mechanics Before and After a 45 Minute Run http://www.japmaonline.org/doi/abs/10.7547/12-106.1 3. Several months ago we talked about the pivot-shift phenomenon. It is frequently missed clinically because it can be a tricky hands on assessment of the knee joint. In this article "ACL-deficient patients adopted the . . . .* Remember: what you see in their gait is not their problem, it is their strategy around their problem. http://www.clinbiomech.com/article/S0268-0033(10)00264-0/abstract 4.Do you know the difference between a forefoot supinatus and a forefoot varus? "A forefoot varus differs from forefoot supinatus in that a forefoot varus is a congenital osseous deformity that induces subtalar joint pronation, whereas forefoot supinatus is acquired and develops because of subtalar joint pronation. " http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24980930 5. Pubmed abstract link: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24865637 Gait Posture. 2014 Jun;40(2):321-6. Epub 2014 May 6. Arm swing in human walking: What is their drive? Goudriaan M, Jonkers I, van Dieen JH, Bruijn SM 6. This is Your Brain On Guitar http://www.the-open-mind.com/this-is-your-brain-on-guitar/