A model for the perception of surface pressure on human foot

Applied Ergonomics

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-10

  Xiong, Shuping ^a,b   Goonetilleke, Ravindra S ^c   Rodrigo, W D Asanka S ^c   Zhao, Jianhui ^d  

^a Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology   (South Korea)

^b SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

^d WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Foot; Pain threshold; Perception

Indexed keywords

CONSUMER PRODUCTS; PRODUCT DESIGN; SENSORY PERCEPTION;

FOOT; HEALTHY SUBJECTS; HIGHLY-CORRELATED; PAIN THRESHOLD; POWER EXPONENT; PSYCHOPHYSICAL; SENSORY INTENSITY; SURFACE PRESSURES;

LOCATION;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; FOOT SURFACE PRESSURE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GENDER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PAIN THRESHOLD; RIGIDITY; VELOCITY;

EID: 84866161755     PISSN: 00036870     EISSN: 18729126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apergo.2012.04.019     Document Type: Article

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