Changes in windlass effect in response to different shoe and insole designs during walking

Gait and Posture

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 235-241

  Lin, Shih Cherng ^a,b   Chen, Carl P C ^b   Tang, Simon F T ^b   Wong, Alice M K ^b   Hsieh, Jui Hsiang ^a   Chen, Weng Pin ^c  

^a CHUNG YUAN CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIPEI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Foot kinematics; Plantar aponeurosis; Plantar fasciitis; Rocker sole shoe; Windlass effect

Indexed keywords

CARBON FIBER; POLYMER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; DORSIFLEXION; FEMALE; FOOT KINEMATIC ANALYSIS; GAIT; HUMAN; KINEMATICS; MALE; METATARSOPHALANGEAL JOINT; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHOE; WALKING; WINDLASS EFFECT;

ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FASCIITIS, PLANTAR; FEMALE; FOOT ORTHOSES; HUMANS; MALE; MATERIALS TESTING; POLYMERS; PRESSURE; SHOES; TENSILE STRENGTH; WALKING;

EID: 84872679355     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: 18792219     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2012.07.010     Document Type: Article

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