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Disease knowledge in patients attending a diabetic foot clinic

, 2005
Background: Foot-specific patient education is an essential element of a health system diabetic foot program. Foot-specific patient education must be individualized, because of cognitive deficits in individuals with long-standing diabetes.
Batista, Fabio [UNIFESP], Pinzur, Michael S., Fabio Batista, Michael S. Pinzur   +3 more
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The use of foot length and foot breadth in estimating standing height of adolescents in Yenagoa, Nigeria

International Journal of Contemporary Pediatrics
Background: Previous studies have shown that when standing height is difficult to measure, the length of other body parts may be a reliable alternative. However, there is limited information about the use of foot length (FL) and foot breadth (FB) in estimating standing height in the African population.
Maureen A. Okumoko, Felix O. Akinbami, Oliemen Peterside, Adebola E. Orimadegun   +3 more
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Heel–Ball index: An analysis of footprint dimensions for determination of sex

Egyptian Journal of Forensic Sciences, 2014
Determination of sex from the footprints recovered at crime scenes can help the investigation by narrowing down the pool of possible suspects. The present research studies the dimensions of the heel and the ball in footprints, and derives the Heel–Ball ...
Tanuj Kanchan, Kewal Krishan, Disha Prusty, Meghna Machado   +3 more
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PERMISSIBLE WHEEL-LOAD. PER FOOT OF WHEEL DIAMETER AND PER INCH OF BREADTH OF RAIL-HEAD. [PDF]

Minutes of the Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers, 1903
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Anthropometric Measurements of Foot in Undergraduate Medical Students of a Medical College: A Descriptive Cross-sectional Study

Journal of Nepal Medical Association
Introduction: Anthropometry is one of the important parameters for differentiation of sex which varies significantly based on hereditary, geographical, racial, sexual, and other factors.
Niraj Pandey, Deepak Chaudhary, Sanjay Kumar Yadav   +2 more
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Foot Placement Modification for a Biped Humanoid Robot with Narrow Feet

The Scientific World Journal, 2014
This paper describes a walking stabilization control for a biped humanoid robot with narrow feet. Most humanoid robots have larger feet than human beings to maintain their stability during walking. If robot’s feet are as narrow as humans, it is difficult
Kenji Hashimoto, Kentaro Hattori, Takuya Otani, Hun-Ok Lim, Atsuo Takanishi   +4 more
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Sex estimation using Magnetic Resonance Imaging measurements of hand and foot in Egyptian population

Egyptian Journal of Forensic Sciences
Background The identification of skeletal remains begins with a sex evaluation since other biological profile elements, such as size and age, are sex-specific. The pelvis is the favored element for sex assessment since it is very sexually dimorphic.
Marwa Abd El-Moniem Amer, Marwa Elsayed Abd Elhamed, Lamiaa Lotfy Elhawy, Amany Mohammed AbdAllah, Nanies Sameeh Mohammad, Manar A. Bessar, Mohamed Nabil Soliman Elgebely, Dena Mohamed Naguib Abdel Moawed   +7 more
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Gait and Foot Clearance Parameters Obtained Using Shoe-Worn Inertial Sensors in a Large-Population Sample of Older Adults

Sensors, 2013
In order to distinguish dysfunctional gait, clinicians require a measure of reference gait parameters for each population. This study provided normative values for widely used parameters in more than 1,400 able-bodied adults over the age of 65.
Farzin Dadashi, Benoit Mariani, Stephane Rochat, Christophe J. Büla, Brigitte Santos-Eggimann, Kamiar Aminian   +5 more
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Kinematic coupling between the foot and lower limb during gait [PDF]

, 2006
INTRODUCTION: Abnormal kinematic coupling between the foot and lower limb has been associated with chronic overuse injuries of the lower extremity during running. However, the normal coupling relationship between the two segments remains unclear. The
Pohl, Michael Bernhard
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Identification of sex from footprint dimensions using machine learning: a study on population of Punjab in Pakistan

Egyptian Journal of Forensic Sciences, 2018
Background Likewise the fingerprints and palm prints, footprints are also helpful in solving a crime puzzle; however, very few studies have been reported targeting the identification of sex-based upon footprint features. Therefore, the present study aims
Muhammad Awais, Faizana Naeem, Nouman Rasool, Sajid Mahmood   +3 more
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