A two-part, viscoelastic foot model for use in gait simulations

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 795-798

  Gilchrist, L A ^a,b   Winter, D A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

Author keywords

Foot; Gait; Simulation

Indexed keywords

JOINTS (ANATOMY); KINEMATICS; LOADS (FORCES); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; VISCOELASTICITY;

ANKLE JOINT FORCES; HEEL CONTACT; TOE OFF;

GAIT ANALYSIS;

ANKLE; ARTICLE; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FOOT; FORCE; GAIT; HEEL; KINETICS; LOCOMOTION; METATARSOPHALANGEAL JOINT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHOE; SIMULATION; TOE; TORQUE; VISCOELASTICITY;

EID: 0030175310     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0021-9290(95)00141-7     Document Type: Article

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