Title :
Changes in forefoot plantar pressure with shoe of different heel height
Author_Institution :
Zhejiang Ind. & Trade Polytech., Wenzhou, China
Abstract :
The effect of heel height on plantar pressure of human forefoot was tested by using the Novel insole system. The test results demonstrate that the plantar pressure difference of each part of forefoot in walking state was ordered from large to small as the second metatarsal>the first metatarsal>the third metatarsal>the first toe≫the fourth metatarsal≫the fifth metatarsal>the region including second to fifth phalanx. According the plantar pressure distribution of forefoot, pressure center of forefoot was moved from lateral plantar to medial plantar with the increasing of heel height.
Keywords :
footwear; gait analysis; medical computing; pressure measurement; Novel insole system; forefoot plantar pressure; heel height effect; shoe; walking; Foot; Footwear; Gravity; Humans; Legged locomotion; Stress; Testing; forefoot; heel height; plantar pressuret;
Conference_Titel :
Biomedical Engineering and Informatics (BMEI), 2010 3rd International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Yantai
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-6495-1
DOI :
10.1109/BMEI.2010.5639951
