A posterior release has been applied at our Department for sever e congenital club foot patients which needed operative treatment. In order to evaluate the post-operative walking pattern from the Electrophysiological and Kinesiological point of view (EK evaluation) in addition to conventional clinical evaluations, the author attempted to standardize the electromyographic (EMG) gait pattern of ankle muscles in Japanese people,147 healthy adults of both sexes, ranging in age from 19 to 35 years were used.
