For those of you who may be interested, a paper was just published that Bart Van Gheluwe (now retired) and I coauthored in Footwear Science that details a brief history of foot biomechanics and orthosis research, with a special emphasis on the benefit of collaborative efforts between the researcher and clinician. Those of you who want a pdf copy of the paper, you may access it on my private website
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Research and Clinical Synergy in Foot and Lower Extremity Biomechanics.