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Exercise related lower limb injuries (ERLLI), are common in the recreational and
competitive sporting population. Although ERLLI are thought to be multi-factorial
in aetiology, one of the critical predisposing factors is known to gait
abnormality. There is little published evidence comparing walking and running
gait in the same subjects, and no evidence on the effect of gait velocity on
calcaneal pronation, even though this may have implications for orthotic
prescription and injury prevention. In this study, the walking and running gait
of 50 physically active subjects was assessed using pressure plate analysis. The
results show that rearfoot pronation occurs on foot contact in both running and
walking gait, and that there is significantly more rearfoot pronation in walking
gait (p<0.01). The difference in the magnitude of rearfoot pronation affected
foot orthoses prescription.
A 63% fall in computerized correction suggested by
RSscan D3D software prescription was seen, based on running vs. walking gait. The
findings of this study suggest that in the athletic population orthoses
prescription should be based on dynamic assessment of running gait.
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