Our custom-made audit tool allowed us to classify Barbie’s foot posture as tip-toe (known as equinus) or flat. We also looked at when the dolls were made, whether they were diverse or inclusive ...

A pangolin hindfoot track, in the words of our Master Tracker colleagues, looks as if “a round stick had been poked into the ground”. And being slightly wider at the front end, it has a ...

100 per cent of Barbie dolls had tiptoe feet (known as 'equinus'), they found. But this changed to 91 per cent in the 1990s, 94 per cent in the 2000s, 72 per cent in the 2010s and 40 per cent in ...

Off-loading of the affected area is the standard of care and commonly results in healing the noninfected neuropathic ulcer. Methods of off-loading can be broadly categorized as external ...

The swooping straps start out wide at the hindfoot and gradually taper as they reach the toes. These sandals look great with casual shorts and gauzy dresses. And, unlike most flip-flops ...

In contrast, sciatic nerve palsy, presenting as equinovarus or equinus deformity, was diagnosed on average 3.8 months after the intragluteal injections (Napiontek & Ruszkowski, 1993). Cavovarus ...

They didn’t look at special edition dolls. In the early years, every single Barbie — 100 percent — had feet fixed in the “equinus” position: toes pointed, heels lifted, ready for high ...

While 100% of Barbies had permanently pointed “equinus” feet in 1959-1969, just 40% did by 2024. It might seem like a simple design tweak, but there’s far more to it. Professional Barbies were much ...