A mechanical protocol to replicate impact in walking footwear

A mechanical protocol to replicate impact in walking footwear

Highlights • Impact characteristics when healthy participants walked in different shoes were quantified. • A mechanical method was developed which replicated these characteristics. • The new method more closely resembled the actual human data than the current widely used protocol.

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Veröffentlicht in:Gait & posture 2014-05, Vol.40 (1), p.26-31
Hauptverfasser: Price, Carina, Cooper, Glen, Graham-Smith, Philip, Jones, Richard
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Accelerometer
Accelerometry - methods
Adult
Analysis of Variance
Biomechanical Phenomena
Equipment Design
Female
Footwear
Gait - physiology
Healthy Volunteers
Heel
Heel-strike transient
Humans
Impact testing
Male
Materials Testing
Middle Aged
Movement - physiology
Orthopedics
Running - physiology
Shock
Shoes - classification
Walking - physiology
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Zusammenfassung:Highlights • Impact characteristics when healthy participants walked in different shoes were quantified. • A mechanical method was developed which replicated these characteristics. • The new method more closely resembled the actual human data than the current widely used protocol.
ISSN:0966-6362
1879-2219
DOI:10.1016/j.gaitpost.2014.01.014