ISSN:
1013-9826
Source:
Scientific.Net: Materials Science & Technology / Trans Tech Publications Archiv 1984-2008
Topics:
Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, Production Engineering, Mining and Metallurgy, Traffic Engineering, Precision Mechanics
Notes:
In this study, we determined joint moments and muscle forces in the lower extremity duringwalking with different heel-height shoes using the 3D motion analysis and the correspondingmusculoskeletal modeling. Totally fifteen healthy women participated in the 3D motion analysis forvarious walking with barefoot, flat shoe, 3cm, 6cm and 9cm high heels. Inverse dynamic simulationswere also performed using a musculoskeletal model in order to calculate joint moments and muscleforces in the lower extremity. As for the hip, joint angles, joint moments and corresponding muscleforces did not show significant differences. Rectus femoris, a biarticular muscle for hip flexor and kneeextensor, revealed stronger effect on the knee than the hip. Soleus, playing the most important role forankle plantarflexor, showed decreases in the maximum muscle force at pre-swing, as heel heightincreased. Tibialis anterior produced larger dorsiflexion moments for foot clearance with higher-heeledshoes
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://www.tib-hannover.de/fulltexts/2011/0528/01/52/transtech_doi~10.4028%252Fwww.scientific.net%252FKEM.326-328.755.pdf
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