Spatial relationships between shearing stresses and pressure on the plantar skin surface during gait

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 619-622

  Stucke, Samantha ^a   McFarland, Daniel ^a   Goss, Larry ^b   Fonov, Sergey ^b   McMillan, Grant R ^b   Tucker, Amy ^d   Berme, Necip ^c   Cenk Guler, Hasan ^c   Bigelow, Chris ^c   Davis, Brian L ^a  

^a Austen BioInnovation Institute in Akron   (United States)

^b INNOVATIVE SCIENTIFIC SOLUTIONS INC   (United States)

^c Bertec Corporation   (United States)

^d AKRON GENERAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioinstrumentation; Biomechanics; Diabetic; Plantar surface; Ulceration

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR POSTERIORS; DIABETIC; DIABETIC FOOT; PEAK PRESSURE; PLANTAR SURFACE; PLANTAR SURFACES; PRESSURE DATA; SHEAR FORCE; SHEAR VALUES; SHEARING STRESS; SKIN SURFACES; SPATIAL RELATIONSHIPS; ULCERATION;

BIOMECHANICS; BIOSENSORS; PRESSURE DISTRIBUTION; SHEAR STRESS; TISSUE;

DERMATOLOGY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CONTACT STRESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOREFOOT; GAIT; HEEL; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; PLANTARIS MUSCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SHEAR STRESS; SKIN SURFACE; SKIN TENSION; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; SURFACE STRESS;

ADULT; FEMALE; FOOT; GAIT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SKIN; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 84856040275     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: 18732380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2011.11.004     Document Type: Article

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