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| Greetings=20 from the KH Department!
Every=20 time I visit the biomechanics lab, I see new projects=20 underway. Dr. Mark=20 Geil and his graduate student Hsin-chen Fanchiang = (Daniel) are=20 currently working with idiopathic toe walkers to = develop an=20 intervention that could eventually decrease the need = for=20 surgery to correct the orthopedic problems associated = with the=20 disorder. Another=20 area of the lab houses a treadmill that Dr. Jerry Wu = uses for=20 research on children with Downs Syndrome. Dr. Wu and = his=20 doctoral student Toyin Ajisafe are looking at mobility = patterns for these individuals and ways to increase = their=20 quality of life. All of=20 these studies have the potential to improve the = quality of=20 life for individuals - it is good to know that the KH=20 Department is making a difference in the lives of=20 others.
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"The=20 effect of high-heeled shoes on lumbar lordosis: a = narrative=20 review and discussion of the disconnection between = Internet=20 content and peer-reviewed literature" appeared in = JCM's=20 December 2010 issue (9(4):166-73) and, more recently,=20 "Measurement of lumbar lordosis in static standing = posture=20 with and without high-heeled shoes" just came out in = September=20 2012 (11(3):145-53). The bottom line: women are = sometimes told=20 that high-heeled shoes increase lumbar lordosis, but = the=20 scientific literature mostly suggests = otherwise.
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