Effects of shoe heel height on biologic rollover characteristics during walking
Effects of shoe heel height on biologic rollover characteristics during walking
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DOI:
10.1682/jrrd.2003.06.0098
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发表时间:
2004-07-01
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Childress, DS
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作者:
Hansen, AH;Childress, DS
This study investigated the effects of shoe heel height on the rollover characteristics of the biologic ankle-foot system. Ten nondisabled adult female volunteers walked using three pairs of shoes with varying heel heights and at three walking speeds with each pair of shoes. Kinematic and kinetic data needed to calculate the rollover shapes of the ankle-foot systems of the participants were collected. Rollover shapes are the effective rocker geometries that ankle-foot systems conform to between heel contact and opposite heel contact. Parameters of the best-fit circular arcs to the rollover shapes were used in an examination of the effects of shoe heel height on the ankle-foot system. The results support the notion that nondisabled humans automatically adapt their ankle-foot systems to accommodate a range of shoe heel heights, resulting in rollover shapes that do not change appreciably. Given physiologic constraints, this adaptation may not be possible for very high heels.