Foot Arch Structure Research Articles

The foot has 3 arches: 2 longitudinal (medial and lateral) arches and one anterior transversal arch. These arches are formed by the tarsal and metatarsal bones and are supported by the ligaments and tendons within the foot. The arches form is intended in a very similar manner to spring; bears the weight of the body and absorbs the shock that's created with locomotion. The foot's flexibility conferred by the arches is what facilitates everyday loco-motor functions like walking and sprinting. The energy-sparing spring theory of the foot’s arch has become central to interpretations of the foot’s mechanical operate and evolution. The metabolic energy saved by the arch is essentially explained by the passive-elastic work it provides that will preferably be done by active muscle. The medial arch is that the higher of the 2 longitudinal arches. It’s created of the bone, the talus, the navicular, the 3 cuneiforms, and therefore the initial, second, and third metatarsals. Its summit is at the superior articulary surface of the talus, and its 2 extremities or piers, on that it rests in standing, are the tubercle on the region surface of the calcaneus posteriorly and therefore the heads of the primary, second, and third metatarsal bones anteriorly.    

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