Dear Alan,
Hope you are well. I am about to leave for Adelaide for 10 days - I am
presenting a few papers at the Australian Podiatry Conference and catching
up with my family. Unfortunately I am too busy to respond to your e-mail in
detail, however I hope to be a little more clear headed after the
conference. I do not know a huge amount about the midtarsal joint, and
judging by the "overwelming" response on the mailbase, not many other people
no much too. One of my dear colleagues, Anne-Maree Keenan, is presently
doing a PhD which involves 3 dimensional motion analysis - one of her
interests is the midtarsal joint. She has also done some preliminary work
using MRI (static, non-weightbearing) and the talonavicular joint movement
is astounding!
Cheers,
Karl
> Dear Karl,
>
>Agree with you on the need for more podiatric research. Ken tells me that
>P.C.P.M. is currently engaged in several ongoing projects and that the Temple
>people are looking at our facilities and planning on joint research endeavors.
>Shall try to keep you informed as to specific projects and progress.
>
>Regards,
>
> Alan
>
>PS: Wish I could get more feedback from down under with regard to midtarsal
>axes and function. I've never believed in the "independent longitudinal axis"
>nor the supposed "locking mechanism". In fact, Karl, it seems to me that
>tarsal movements are integrated and congruous and that the forefoot to
>rearfoot "swivel concept" should be abandoned or at least questioned. J.
>Manter in 1941 wrote that when the subtalar joint pronated, so did the
>forefoot - and with this I am in absolute agreement. Please give me your
>impression.
>
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Karl Landorf
Lecturer
Division of Podiatry
Faculty of Health
University of Western Sydney, Macarthur
P.O. Box 555
Campbelltown NSW 2560
AUSTRALIA
Phone: (02) 4620 3758
Fax: (02) 4620 3792
Website: http://FOHWEB.macarthur.uws.edu.au/podiatry/welcome.htm
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