Jeff
At 14:07 8/10/01 -0700, you wrote:
>None the less, based on appearance alone, there are feet that the majority
>of podiatrists would describe as excessively pronated during gait or stance
>that are not pathological at that moment. Whether such feet will become
>pathological or not is unknown at that moment.
This is the exact point I tried to make in the paper. Excessive pronation
(however you want to define it) is not pathologic. It is nothing more than
a RISK FACTOR, that puts the foot at increased risk for tissue damage. If
it was a CASUAL FACTOR, everyone with it would become pathologic and this
is clearly not the case. Pathology will depend on other risk factors (eg
activity levels, footwear, etc)
Cardiologists never talk about dyslipidaemia being causal of heart disease
(despite a biologically plausable mechanisms), but it is a risk factor.
(like xs pronation, not everyone with dyslipidaemia gets heart disease)
We have to get into the same mindset.
CP
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