The potential influence of the heel counter on internal stress during static standing: A combined finite element and positional MRI investigation

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 40, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 2774-2780

  Spears, I R ^a   Miller Young, J E ^b   Sharma, J ^c   Ker, R F ^d   Smith, F W ^e  

^a TEESSIDE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b MOUNT ROYAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c ITC Catterick Garrison   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Barefoot; Footwear; Plantar pressure; Shod; Soft tissues

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; DATA RECORDING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOTION ESTIMATION;

FOOTWEAR; PLANTAR PRESSURE; SOFT TISSUES;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CINERADIOGRAPHY; COMPOSITE MATERIAL; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; GROUND REACTION FORCE; HEEL; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PLANTARIS MUSCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHOE; SIMULATION; STANDING; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; TENSILE STRENGTH; WEIGHT BEARING;

ADULT; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; HEEL; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POSTURE; STRESS, MECHANICAL; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 34547801220     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2007.01.004     Document Type: Article

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