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Step by Step: The Forefoot as Natural Norm of Human Gait

2026-03-10

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The heel-strike (HS) paradigm of human gait originates from 19th-century chronophotographic studies conducted on Georges Demeny,a gymnasium instructor whose performed, exaggerated gait was never representative of natural locomotion. A compounding martial bias further normalised HS through military marching drill. A multi-disciplinary convergent argument analysis is conducted, integrating philological, zoological,...

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10.20944/preprints202603.0733.v1
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