A viscoelastic sphere model for the representation of plantar soft tissue during simulations

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 31, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 847-853

  Cenk Guler H ^a   Berme, Necip ^b   Simon, Sheldon R ^b  

^a MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Foot model; Heel pad

Indexed keywords

DAMPING; DEFORMATION; IMPACT TESTING; KINEMATICS; PRESSURE DISTRIBUTION; STIFFNESS; TISSUE; VISCOELASTICITY;

PLANTAR SOFT TISSUES;

BIOMECHANICS;

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; FOOT; HEEL; HUMAN; LOCOMOTION; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGIDITY; SIMULATION; SOFT TISSUE; VISCOELASTICITY;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTICITY; FOOT; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PRESSURE; VISCOSITY; WALKING;

EID: 0344936083     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0021-9290(98)00085-2     Document Type: Article

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