Comparison of biomechanical foot analyses between nine Flemish foot-experts

Treatment or prevention of specific foot problems often requires an analysis of the biomechanics of the foot. These analyses can be performed by different experts. Specifically, in Flanders, they may be performed by medical doctors in orthopaedics and rehabilitation, orthopaedic technologists, or podiatrists. It is well known that there is no standardization yet of clinical methods to analyse foot biomechanics [1,2]. The purpose of this study was to investigate to what extent foot experts differ in biomechanical foot analyses. The presented data is a pilot study on 6 subjects, analysed by 9 experts. The complete study will be performed on 78 subjects by 10 experts. In that larger study, all subjects will also be analysed with advanced gait analyses methods. This to correlate the clinical data to objective, quantitative data, and develop foot typology.