When Does the Subtalar Joint Resupinate During Walking Gait?

I just got done with one of my Precision Intricast Newsletters where I detailed the bone-pin research on 8 subjects by Close, Inman, Poor and Todd from 1967 (Close JR, Inman VT, Poor PM, Todd FN: The function of the subtalar joint. Clinical Orthopedics, 50:159-179, 1967). [See their paper attached below.] What I find interesting from the bone-pin research of Close et al on 8 live subjects while barefoot walking, was that they did not have a single subject that had a subtalar joint (STJ) that started to supinate in early midstance or at the middle of midstance.

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When Does the Subtalar Joint Resupinate During Walking Gait?

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