Numerical simulation of the plantar pressure distribution in the diabetic foot during the push-off stance

Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing

Volumn 44, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 653-663

  Actis, Ricardo L ^a   Ventura, Liliana B ^a   Smith, Kirk E ^b   Commean, Paul K ^b   Lott, Donovan J ^b,c   Pilgram, Thomas K ^b   Mueller, Michael J ^b,c  

^a Engineering Software Research and Development Inc   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Program in Physical Therapy   (United States)

Author keywords

Finite element analysis; p Version; Validation; Verification

Indexed keywords

BONE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; ORTHOTICS; PRESSURE DISTRIBUTION; TISSUE;

DIABETIC FOOT; FOREFOOT PLANTAR PRESSURES; METATARSAL HEADS; PUSH-OFF STANCE;

BIOMATERIALS;

ARTICLE; CARTILAGE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DIABETIC FOOT; FASCIA; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; GAIT; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; METATARSAL BONE; PREDICTION; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PROCESS MODEL; PROTECTION; SHOE; TENDON; TOE;

BIOMECHANICS; DIABETIC FOOT; ELASTICITY; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; FOOT; HUMANS; METATARSUS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PRESSURE; SHOES; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED; WALKING;

EID: 33746977102     PISSN: 01400118     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11517-006-0078-5     Document Type: Article

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