Load distribution to minimise pressure-related pain on foot: A model

Ergonomics

Volumn 56, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1180-1193

  Rodrigo, Asanka S ^a   Goonetilleke, Ravindra S ^b   Xiong, Shuping ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MORATUWA   (Sri Lanka)

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

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

Author keywords

foot; load distribution; pain; pressure threshold; tissue deformation

Indexed keywords

FOOT; LARGE DEFORMATIONS; LARGER DEFORMATIONS; LOAD DISTRIBUTIONS; PAIN; SOFT-TISSUE REGIONS; SUPPORTING SURFACES; TISSUE DEFORMATIONS;

DEFORMATION; STIFFNESS; TISSUE;

HEALTH;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; FEMALE; FOOT; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN; PAIN THRESHOLD; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESSURE; WEIGHT BEARING; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; FEMALE; FOOT; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN; PAIN THRESHOLD; PRESSURE; WEIGHT-BEARING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84880428730     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: 13665847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00140139.2013.797111     Document Type: Article

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