Biomechanics’ training week at the HubemaLab of the University of Granada
On the week of 8 May 2023, Ana de Benito (Department of Physical Education and Sports Sciences of the University of León and researcher of the SALBIS Group) together with other colleagues from the ULE, Juan Carlos Redondo Castán, lecturer of the Degree in Physical Education and Sports Sciences and Héctor Pereiro and Roi Painceira, both lecturers of the Degree in Podiatry, has made a stay in the Singular Infrastructure Laboratory of the University of Granada: Human Behaviour & Motion Analysis Lab (HubemaLab), located in Ceuta.
In collaboration with José María Heredia (Associate Professor of University of Granada -UGR-) and Professor Jim Richards (Director of the Allied Health Research Unit at the University of Central Lancashire -UCLAN-), groundwork for a 3D Hallux biomechanical model was designed.
Its development will allow progress to be made along important lines such as: a) the knowledge of Hallux behaviour related to the rest of the foot joints, in subjects with and without specific pathologies (hallux valgus, hallux rigidus…), b) the Hallux’s effect on the lower limb kinetic chain during dynamic activities or static positions, and c) the effectiveness of plantar orthoses as a treatment for various pathologies.
