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A computerised instrumentation system which measures the distribution of vertical load under the foot has been used to measure and record the loading under 148 normal feet during walking. The correlations and variations with load, contact time, sex, age and angle of the toe out are discussed.
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Un système informatisé, qui mesure la répartition des charges verticales au niveau des pieds, a été utilisé pour mesurer et pour enregistrer 148 pieds normaux pendant la marche. Les auteurs discutent les corrélations et les variations en fonction du poids, du temps de contact avec le sol, du sexe, de l'âge et de la désaxation des orteils.
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Hutton, W.C., Dhanendran, M. A study of the distribution of load under the normal foot during walking. International Orthopaedics 3, 153–157 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00266887
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