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  1. NewsBot
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    Windlass Mechanism Function and Foot Posture

    INFLUENCE OF FOOT POSTURE ON THE FUNCTIONING OF THE WINDLASS MECHANISM Rachel Lucas, Mark Cornwall The Foot; Article in Press Highlights What is...
    Thread by: NewsBot, Jan 18, 2017, 4 replies, in forum: Biomechanics, Sports and Foot orthoses
  2. Craig Payne
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    Supination resistance, STJ axis, Lunge test and windlass forces in shoe fitting?

    This patent turned up in my alerts today: Systems and methods for footwear fitting Systems and methods are disclosed for best fitting a subject to...
    Thread by: Craig Payne, Oct 13, 2016, 1 replies, in forum: Biomechanics, Sports and Foot orthoses
  3. NewsBot
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    ASICS patent for Windlass Running Shoe

    ASICS filed this in 2012 and it was just granted: Shoe Sole Focusing on Windlass Mechanism The second transverse groove, provided in an area...
    Thread by: NewsBot, Sep 17, 2015, 0 replies, in forum: Biomechanics, Sports and Foot orthoses
  4. NewsBot
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    How important was the windlass mechanism in our evolutionary development?

    Understanding the evolution of the windlass mechanism of the human foot from comparative anatomy: Insights, obstacles, and future directions....
    Thread by: NewsBot, Oct 11, 2014, 1 replies, in forum: Biomechanics, Sports and Foot orthoses
  5. NewsBot
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    Severity of pronation and classification of first metatarsophalangeal joint dorsiflexion increases t

    Severity of pronation and classification of first metatarsophalangeal joint dorsiflexion increases the validity of the Hubscher Manoeuvre for the...
    Thread by: NewsBot, Mar 25, 2014, 7 replies, in forum: Biomechanics, Sports and Foot orthoses
  6. NewsBot
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    Foot lengthening and shortening during gait; a useful parameter to investigate foot function?

    Foot lengthening and shortening during gait; a useful parameter to investigate foot function? N.M. Stolwijk, K.L.M. Koenraadt, J.W.K....
    Thread by: NewsBot, Nov 2, 2013, 16 replies, in forum: Biomechanics, Sports and Foot orthoses
  7. toomoon
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    Plantar fascia, windlass and all things fore and aft!

    I have been asked this question via my website, and thought it interesting enough to post on PA to get a spread of opinion. The questioner is...
    Thread by: toomoon, Mar 12, 2013, 25 replies, in forum: Biomechanics, Sports and Foot orthoses
  8. NewsBot
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    Changes in windlass effect in response to different shoe and insole designs during walking

    Changes in windlass effect in response to different shoe and insole designs during walking. Lin SC, Chen CP, Tang SF, Wong AM, Hsieh JH, Chen WP....
    Thread by: NewsBot, Aug 14, 2012, 1 replies, in forum: Biomechanics, Sports and Foot orthoses
  9. Simon Spooner
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    Five toed windlass

    All, during my lecture on myth busting in biomechanics last week in Belgium (available here:...
    Thread by: Simon Spooner, Mar 28, 2012, 85 replies, in forum: Biomechanics, Sports and Foot orthoses
  10. mike weber
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    You cannot reduce strain in the plantar fascia without a kinematic change.

    Been meaning to start this one for a while. A lot of our discussions re Biomechancial theory revolve around the forces acting on tissue ie...
    Thread by: mike weber, Oct 4, 2011, 0 replies, in forum: Biomechanics, Sports and Foot orthoses
  11. serenam
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    Plantar heloma under 1st MPJ and the windlass mechanism

    could a severely painful heloma in this location have and effect on the windlass mech assuming an antalgic gait has been adopted?
    Thread by: serenam, Sep 13, 2011, 2 replies, in forum: General Issues and Discussion Forum
  12. phil s
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    Windlass test

    I'm only a soon to be second year Podiatry student, so please go easy on me! The Windlass test is performed with the foot plantigrade and yet...
    Thread by: phil s, Aug 6, 2011, 48 replies, in forum: Biomechanics, Sports and Foot orthoses
  13. Simon Spooner
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    Is Jacks test valid?

    All, A quick thought this evening, this may have been discussed before, but I don't recall it. So.... You know how the tension in the Achilles...
    Thread by: Simon Spooner, Jun 30, 2011, 14 replies, in forum: Biomechanics, Sports and Foot orthoses
  14. lynn_lee
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    What happens with regard to Windlass mechanism when STJ is in neutral and MTJO/LTJO are both fully p

    Hi all I am a student about to take my exams and one of our practice questions asks "assuming foot has a normal midtarsal joint locking...
    Thread by: lynn_lee, Apr 12, 2011, 6 replies, in forum: Biomechanics, Sports and Foot orthoses
  15. Simon Spooner
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    Lesser toe windlass and forefoot wedging

    All, Some time ago I described a digital dorsiflexion test analogous to Jacks test (Hubscher manoeuvre) for the lesser toes. My observation was...
    Thread by: Simon Spooner, Mar 28, 2011, 1 replies, in forum: Biomechanics, Sports and Foot orthoses
  16. NewsBot
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    Foot mobility and plantar fascia elasticity in patients with plantar fasciitis

    Foot mobility and plantar fascia elasticity in patients with plantar fasciitis. Sahin N, Oztürk A, Atıcı T. Acta Orthop Traumatol Turc. 2010...
    Thread by: NewsBot, Feb 25, 2011, 2 replies, in forum: Biomechanics, Sports and Foot orthoses
  17. Craig Payne
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    The Windlass Mechanism and Fascial Winding of the Whole Body

    In the thread on MBT shoes and the windlass mechanism, i recently made the comment:Now that I have transitioned to the dark side and have a pair,...
    Thread by: Craig Payne, Nov 2, 2010, 23 replies, in forum: Biomechanics, Sports and Foot orthoses
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    Rearfoot eversion has indirect effects on plantar fascia tension by changing the amount of arch coll

    Rearfoot eversion has indirect effects on plantar fascia tension by changing the amount of arch collapse. Lee SY, Hertel J, Lee SC. Foot...
    Thread by: NewsBot, Jul 27, 2010, 10 replies, in forum: Biomechanics, Sports and Foot orthoses
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    Dynamics of longitudinal arch support in relation to walking speed: contribution of the plantar apon

    Dynamics of longitudinal arch support in relation to walking speed: contribution of the plantar aponeurosis. Caravaggi P, Pataky T, Günther M,...
    Thread by: NewsBot, Jul 23, 2010, 3 replies, in forum: Biomechanics, Sports and Foot orthoses
  20. Robertisaacs
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    Windlass mechanism kinetics and 1st met compression

    This one has been floating around in the back of my head for a few weeks. I can't make it jump any higher, perhaps someone better at physics than...
    Thread by: Robertisaacs, Apr 4, 2010, 7 replies, in forum: Biomechanics, Sports and Foot orthoses
  21. efuller
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    Functional Hallux Limitus: A review And the windlass

    I was looking through one of the articles posted in the Dannenberg articles post and found these quotes from Functional hallux limitus: a...
    Thread by: efuller, Apr 3, 2010, 18 replies, in forum: Biomechanics, Sports and Foot orthoses
  22. mike weber
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    Windlass mechanism and children

    I has a 5 year old in last week for a biomechancial check up, and had just read Eric Fuller´s paper on Windlass again. So I got to thinking and...
    Thread by: mike weber, Feb 21, 2010, 2 replies, in forum: Biomechanics, Sports and Foot orthoses
  23. PodT
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    Windlass Mechanism

    Can someone please further explain how inverting the rearfoot will lower the force used to establish windlass mechanism I am slightly confused
    Thread by: PodT, Jan 8, 2010, 10 replies, in forum: Biomechanics, Sports and Foot orthoses
  24. Kahuna
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    Jacks Test - Status Change in a patient

    I'm after some advice from the podopaediatrics specialists please... I have a 15 year old female patient. No notable medical history, first...
    Thread by: Kahuna, Aug 6, 2009, 9 replies, in forum: Biomechanics, Sports and Foot orthoses
  25. Asher
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    Windlass Mechanism

    Hi there Can someone explain to me the paradox of the windlass mechanism where we don't want the 1st MPJ to bear so much force as to dorsiflex...
    Thread by: Asher, Jan 18, 2009, 28 replies, in forum: Biomechanics, Sports and Foot orthoses
  26. bonbons*n*candies
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    What is a Hick's Test? Is there a Hick's Test?

    I'm a pod student trying to research on Hick's Test, but has found no luck. What is a Hick's Test? How do you do it? Why do you do it? Can...
    Thread by: bonbons*n*candies, Aug 13, 2008, 48 replies, in forum: Biomechanics, Sports and Foot orthoses
  27. NewsBot
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    Plantar fascia strectching - a finite element analysis of the windlass

    Finite element analysis of plantar fascia under stretch-The relative contribution of windlass mechanism and Achilles tendon force. Cheng HY, Lin...
    Thread by: NewsBot, May 28, 2008, 63 replies, in forum: Biomechanics, Sports and Foot orthoses
  28. pkt_diamonds
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    Jacks Test and failure of STJ supination with ext tibia rotation

    Hi, I am a podiatry student and have a few questions re: a 10 y.o male patient I had. He visited the clinic with his mother because she had...
    Thread by: pkt_diamonds, May 27, 2008, 13 replies, in forum: Biomechanics, Sports and Foot orthoses
  29. admin
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    The reverse windlass mechanism

    The Role of the Reverse Windlass Mechanism in Foot Pathology Anna Aquino & Craig Payne Reprinted with permission from the Australasian...
    Thread by: admin, Dec 17, 2007, 4 replies, in forum: Biomechanics, Sports and Foot orthoses
  30. Asher
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    MBTs and windlass mechanism

    I'm trying to understand what MBTs do to feet.:( I realise there is not much meaningful research other than to say MBTs reduce pressures...
    Thread by: Asher, Oct 23, 2007, 25 replies, in forum: Biomechanics, Sports and Foot orthoses
  31. Asher
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    Pre-loading the hallux

    Hi all A cluffy wedge is used to pre-load the hallux to engage the windlass mechanism earlier. But when there is significant hyperextension of...
    Thread by: Asher, Mar 8, 2007, 36 replies, in forum: Biomechanics, Sports and Foot orthoses
  32. User7
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    Asics "Space Trustic System"

    I am interested to know if there is any publically available research basis for Asics "Space Trustic" midsole designs. Here's a link to their...
    Thread by: User7, Oct 10, 2006, 16 replies, in forum: Biomechanics, Sports and Foot orthoses
  33. LCG
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    Anatomical MTPJ influences on Windlass

    I found myself questioning a few ideas after Craig Payne's recent biomechanical lectures. I would be interested to hear some debate/opinions...
    Thread by: LCG, Aug 10, 2006, 7 replies, in forum: Biomechanics, Sports and Foot orthoses
  34. TEW
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    How do I off load the first met head but still allow windlass to work?

    A patient of mine is a 29 year lady who has high arches and clawed toes bilaterally. Consequently her met heads are very prominent. 10 years ago...
    Thread by: TEW, May 19, 2006, 11 replies, in forum: Biomechanics, Sports and Foot orthoses
  35. Craig Payne
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    Bojsen-Mollers high gear/low gear

    In the thread on Rothbarts Insoles, I alluded to BM's high gear/low gear axis concept (transverse/oblique axis). Simon mentioned some problems...
    Thread by: Craig Payne, Apr 29, 2006, 51 replies, in forum: Biomechanics, Sports and Foot orthoses
  36. Ian North
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    Windlass Mechanism reference

    Looking for the earliest reference to the 'windlass mechanism' in the literature. Most authors credit JH Hicks as being the first to describe it....
    Thread by: Ian North, Apr 4, 2006, 10 replies, in forum: Biomechanics, Sports and Foot orthoses
  37. Ian Linane
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    Functions and Dysfunctions of the Plantar Fascia

    Hi Kevin Kirby posted a while ago and listed his considerations of the various roles of the plantar fascia (10 I think). Search as I might I...
    Thread by: Ian Linane, Jan 2, 2006, 10 replies, in forum: Biomechanics, Sports and Foot orthoses
  38. admin
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    The windlass in diabetes

    Abnormal foot function in diabetic patients: the altered onset of Windlass mechanism E. D'Ambrogi, C. Giacomozzi*, V. Macellari* and L. Uccioli...
    Thread by: admin, Dec 1, 2005, 7 replies, in forum: Diabetic Foot & Wound Management
  39. admin
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    Plantar fascial tenson and digital purchase force

    I am grateful to Kevin Kirby and Precision Intricast for permission to reproduce this January 2001 Newsletter (you can buy the 2 books of...
    Thread by: admin, Nov 9, 2005, 18 replies, in forum: Biomechanics, Sports and Foot orthoses
  40. Atlas
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    Windlass utopia?

    I understand that it is all about reducing the force needed to dorsi-flex the hallux, and to establish it (windlass) as early as possible in range...
    Thread by: Atlas, Feb 15, 2005, 1 replies, in forum: Biomechanics, Sports and Foot orthoses
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