Open Access3D foot joints angle description using projected lines on anatomical planes
Author(s) -
Rouhani Hossein,
Favre Julien,
Crevoisier Xavier,
Jolles Brigitte M,
Aminian Kamiar
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
journal of foot and ankle research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.763
H-Index - 39
ISSN - 1757-1146
DOI - 10.1186/1757-1146-1-s1-o31
Subject(s) - foot (prosody) , kinematics , bounding overwatch , medicine , orthodontics , joint (building) , anatomy , physical medicine and rehabilitation , computer science , artificial intelligence , structural engineering , physics , engineering , philosophy , linguistics , classical mechanics
An increasing trend for 3D kinematic analysis of multi-segment foot has emerged both in clinical and biomechanical studies [1,2]. Nevertheless, existence of several joints among tiny bones of foot causes difficulties both for joint angle definition and their measurement. Unlike with the larger lower limbs bone, it is hardly possible to put three reflective markers over each foot bone. Subsequently, it is not practical to define local coordinate systems (LCS) for all foot segments bounding foot joints. This work proposed a simple method for foot joints angle description which is easy to interpret.