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* Introduction Anthropometric characteristics of the human body have been used extensively as input data into mathematical models of human locomotion so that determinates of walking, such as joint moments as powers, can be estimated. There are numerous methods of determining these anthropometric characteristics, the most common can be divided into two methodological groups, proportional data sets and geometric models. Proportional anthropometric data sets estimate BSP using regression equations requiring minimal anthropometric measurements such as body mass and stature. Segment characteristics are determined as a proportion of body mass or stature. While these anthropometric data sets may provide useful data when applied within the populations the regression equations were based on, the uncertainty about the data will grow as the models are applied to subjects with anthropometric characteristics differing from the mean of that population. Geometric anthropometric models determine BSP from simple geometric shapes requiring significantly more input data. Geometric models of human segments have the advantage that they can, in principle, be applied to any population although the resulting accuracy is often not adequately reported. The majority of these models have limited applicability for the analysis of amputee gait because they are based on normal, non-amputee, populations and do not reflect the unique anthropometric changes which occur due to amputation. Previous studies, on Transfemoral and Transtibial amputees, have attempted to address these shortcomings by estimating prosthesis parameters and anthropometric parameters. However, for the partial foot amputee, much work has failed to report having addressed either of these issues. While the physical characteristics of the prosthesis/orthosis are readily determined using standard dynamics techniques, these same characteristics of the partial foot residuum are not so easily obtained. The aims of this wo