Gait Cycle

Foot Anatomy

Brennan, T., & Johnston, L. (2022). The Foot Book. Simon and Schuster.

From the beginning of my decision to write about feet, I knew that I wanted to write about the evolution of the human foot. I think it’s important to have a basic understanding of human anatomical historical development and to acknowledge that our feet have not always looked and functioned in the way we have come to take for granted. Describing in detail the evolution of the structural changes in our feet over thousands of years would be difficult. Nonetheless, I will attempt to provide a comprehensive overview of the subject, including information that might be useful for a general understanding of foot function.

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