Bulk compressive properties of the heel fat pad during walking: A pilot investigation in plantar heel pain

Clinical Biomechanics

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 397-402

  Wearing, Scott C ^a   Smeathers, James E ^b   Yates, Bede ^c   Urry, Stephen R ^b,d   Dubois, Philip ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^c Mater Private Hospital Brisbane   (Australia)

^d QUEENSLAND ACADEMY OF SPORT   (Australia)

Author keywords

Compression; Fluoroscopy; Gait; Heel pad; Plantar fasciitis; Soft tissue properties

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSION; FLUOROSCOPY; GAIT; HEEL PAD; PLANTAR FASCIITIS; SOFT TISSUE PROPERTIES;

BIOMECHANICS; ELECTRON ENERGY LOSS SPECTROSCOPY; ENERGY DISSIPATION; ENERGY DISSIPATORS; FLUORESCENT SCREENS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; RADIOGRAPHY; STRESS-STRAIN CURVES;

STRAIN RATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPRESSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; FOOT PAD; FOOT RADIOGRAPHY; HEEL PAIN; HUMAN; HYSTERESIS; IN VIVO STUDY; KINEMATICS; MALE; PILOT STUDY; PLANTAR PRESSURE; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOFT TISSUE; STRESS; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; VISCOELASTICITY; WALKING; WALKING SPEED;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; ELASTICITY; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; FOOT; GAIT; HEEL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PILOT PROJECTS; PRESSURE; WALKING;

EID: 62749130759     PISSN: 02680033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiomech.2009.01.002     Document Type: Article

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