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The history of the use of gait analysis as evidence
Published in Ivan Birch, Michael Nirenberg, Forensic Gait Analysis, 2020
British podiatrist Haydn Kelly again provided expert analysis of gait evidence at a murder trial in Victoria, British Columbia. Kelly told the Canadian jury that there were similarities in the gait exhibited by the perpetrator captured on video and the gait of Daniel Aitken, the accused, seen on video footage. Kelly told the jury that there was a “very strong likeness between the very abducted feet of the shooter in the video and the person made known to me by the RCMP as Daniel Aitken.” Kelly explained that abduction is defined as the way in which a foot moves away from the middle of the body. Kelly also opined that there was a strong likeness of the “everted” left foot on the person in the video and Aitken (R. v. Aitken 2008). Aitken was convicted, and on appeal he argued that the judge should have ruled the gait expert’s testimony inadmissible. He challenged the admissibility of the gait evidence on the grounds that it lacked the requisite level of reliability for novel science, which must be subjected to special scrutiny. It was suggested that the forensic gait analysis provided by Kelly could be properly considered “novel” because it was “the first time that such evidence has been advanced in a Canadian court” (Dickson 2008; R. v. Aitken 2012). Justice Hall noted that the relationship between podiatry, clinical gait analysis, and forensic gait analysis was described by the trial judge: Podiatry is the study, diagnosis, and management of conditions affecting the foot. The field of study is an ancient one, stretching back a thousand years. Gait analysis is the analysis of the style or manner in which a person walks, sometimes because of symptoms or troubling pathology (R. v. Aitken 2012).Forensic gait analysis is the term used to describe the application of gait analysis knowledge to legal problems (R. v. Aitken 2012).
Fungal burden exposure assessment in podiatry clinics from Ireland
Published in International Journal of Environmental Health Research, 2018
Carla Viegas, Ann Marie Coggins, Tiago Faria, Liliana Aranha Caetano, Anita Quintal Gomes, Raquel Sabino, Cristina Verissimo, Nigel Roberts, David Watterson, Claire MacGilchrist, Gerard T.A. Fleming
Podiatry is a health care profession that specializes in the management of disease and disorders of the lower limb. Podiatric treatments such as the reduction of thickened toenails, onychomycotic nails, foot calluses or corns potentially generate substantial concentrations of organic dusts, which could pose an occupational hazard to those exposed including the development or exacerbation of fungal-induced respiratory conditions, and fungi associated with skin and nail infections. It is estimated that up to 3 g of toenail dust may be generated per day in a podiatry practice (Davies and Ganderton 1975).