Running shoes must also be flexible (to avoid a potential rolled ankle from too firm shoes) and have the right cushioning. “This is often the part that most people already know, but I must stress how important proper cushioning is for runners of all skill levels,” Mason says. “Proper ...
If you don’t see one or if your footprint appears complete (when stepping with wet feet on paper), with no inward-curving region in the center, you have a set base. You need shoes for overpronators, preferably ones that utilize motion control technology. Top running and walking shoe m...
HHS expose the foot earlier to greater impacts [3], shifts the center of pressure (COP) medially and posteriorly [4], and reduces stability and balance during kinematic and static situations [5]. HHS have less ability to cushion shock compared to flat shoes [6]. The adverse effects of ...
This problem has strong relevance in imped- ance-based control strategies and provides insight into the mechanisms by which stiffness and damping are adjusted to accommodate changes taking place during simultaneous walking and manual transportation of objects, while aiming to ensure their stability. It ...
Due to the hier- archical structure of polymers, distinct relaxation processes occur at the segmental and chain levels, and control the dynamics at larger scales35. The macroscopic motion of a long polymer chain is generally described by two microscopic parameters: (i) the elementary Rouse ...
Weight was collected in duplicate while the patient was not wearing shoes utilizing a calibrated digital scale. Blood pressure and resting heart rate were measured in triplicate with the patient in a resting state (seated in a relaxed position; chair with a backrest and feet flat on the floor;...
This category is relatively small and is most commonly focused on some type of pressure sensor in a person's shoes, but there are examples of pressure sensors wom on other body locations. Although this present invention does not focus on pressure sensors, the parent application of this present...
b. Low back pain subjects showed more postural sway and more posterior center of foot force plate stability positioning, and less balance on one foot with eyes closed than normal subjects (N N Byl 1991). Also, chronic low back pain subjects were compared to normal control subjects under postu...
Sousa, A. Influence of long-term wearing of unstable shoes on compensatory control of posture: An electromyography-based analysis. Gait Posture 2014, 39, 98–104. [CrossRef] [PubMed] 68. Stolze, H.; Klebe, S.; Baecker, C.; Zechlin, C.; Friege, L.; Pohle, S.; Deuschl, G. ...
Twenty walked only barefoot, eleven walked with both shoes and barefoot interchangeably and twenty five walked only with shoes. Due to continuous recordings between speeds and the lack of an automated way to count steps, data were collected for 10 s per speed following an adaptation period of ...