The normal foot

Authors
Citation
Rd. Phillips, The normal foot, J AM POD M, 90(7), 2000, pp. 342-345
Citations number
25
Categorie Soggetti
Ortopedics, Rehabilitation & Sport Medicine
Journal title
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN PODIATRIC MEDICAL ASSOCIATION
ISSN journal
87507315 → ACNP
Volume
90
Issue
7
Year of publication
2000
Pages
342 - 345
Database
ISI
SICI code
8750-7315(200007/08)90:7<342:TNF>2.0.ZU;2-I
Abstract
The term "normal foot" has many different interpretations. This article rev iews some of the ways in which the word "normal" has been used historically to describe the foot. Also discussed are the problems of attempting to det ermine what should constitute a normal foot and proposed criteria for disti nguishing between the normal and the pathological.