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Amir Tjolleng, Jaesik Yang and Kihyo Jung
The accelerator pedal in a vehicle can be pressed by either of two (natural and rotated) foot postures, according to driver preference. Since the rotated foot posture requires only foot motion to switch between the brake and accelerator pedals, most driv...
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Rahul Soangra, Michael Shiraishi, Richard Beuttler, Michelle Gwerder, LouAnne Boyd, Venkatesan Muthukumar, Mohamed Trabia, Afshin Aminian and Marybeth Grant-Beuttler
Children that are diagnosed with Idiopathic Toe walking (cITW) are characterized by persistent toe-to-toe contacts. The objective of this study was to explore whether typical foot contact dynamics during walking predisposes cITW to a higher risk of falli...
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Yixiang Liu, Xizhe Zang, Shuai Heng, Zhenkun Lin and Jie Zhao
The under-actuated foot rotation that the heel of the stance leg lifts off the ground and the body rotates around the stance toe is an important feature in human walking. However, it is absent in the realized walking gait for the majority of biped robots...
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Hossain Nemati and Roozbeh Naemi
Foot sole temperature, besides its importance in thermal comfort, can be considered an important factor in identifying tissue injuries due to heavy activities or diseases. Hyperthermia, which is a raise in the foot temperature, increases the risk of diab...
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Jesus Alejandro Serrato-Pedrosa, Guillermo Urriolagoitia-Sosa, Beatriz Romero-Ángeles, Guillermo Manuel Urriolagoitia-Calderón, Salvador Cruz-López, Alejandro Urriolagoitia-Luna, David Esaú Carbajal-López, Jonathan Rodolfo Guereca-Ibarra and Guadalupe Murillo-Aleman
Plantar pressure distribution is a thoroughly recognized parameter for evaluating foot structure and biomechanical behavior, as it is utilized to determine musculoskeletal conditions and diagnose foot abnormalities. Experimental testing is currently bein...
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László Bencsik, Ambrus Zelei
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Biomechanical models of different complexity are used to understand the dynamics of human running. Low degrees-of-freedom models are appropriate for the prediction of the effect of certain parameter changes. We present a minimally complex biomechanical m...
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Charlee Kaewrat, Poonpong Boonbrahm and Bukhoree Sahoh
Unsuitable shoe shapes and sizes are a critical reason for unhealthy feet, may severely contribute to chronic injuries such as foot ulcers in susceptible people (e.g., diabetes patients), and thus need accurate measurements in the manner of expert-based ...
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Prawej Ansari, Samia Akther, Joyeeta T. Khan, Sara S. Islam, Md. Samim R. Masud, Anisur Rahman, Veronique Seidel and Yasser H. A. Abdel-Wahab
Diabetes mellitus, a major cause of mortality around the globe, can result in several secondary complications, including diabetic foot syndrome, which is brought on by diabetic neuropathy and ischemia. Approximately 15% of diabetic patients suffer from d...
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Paolo Caravaggi, Alessandro Zomparelli, Giulia Rogati, Massimiliano Baleani, Roberta Fognani, Franco Cevolini, Cristina Fanciullo, Arianna Cinquepalmi, Giada Lullini, Lisa Berti and Alberto Leardini
Ankle foot orthoses (AFOs) are medical devices prescribed to support the foot and ankle of drop-foot patients. Passive-dynamic AFOs (PD-AFOs) are an effective solution for less severe cases. While off-the-shelf PD-AFOs are rather inexpensive, they provid...
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Dwi Basuki Wibowo, Agus Suprihanto, Wahyu Caesarendra, Slamet Khoeron, Adam Glowacz and Muhammad Irfan
Generally, there are two types of working style, i.e., some people work in sitting conditions, and the remaining work mostly in a standing position. For people working in a standing position, they can spend hours in a day doing their work standing. These...
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Doni Setio Pambudi,Lailatul Hidayah
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Background: The need for shoes with non-standard sizes is increasing, but this is not followed by the competence to measure the foot effectively. The high cost of such an instrument in the market has led to the development of a precise yet affordable mea...
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Vítor Filipe, Pedro Teixeira and Ana Teixeira
Diabetic foot is one of the main complications observed in diabetic patients; it is associated with the development of foot ulcers and can lead to amputation. In order to diagnose these complications, specialists have to analyze several factors. To aid t...
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Alessandra B. Matias, Paolo Caravaggi, Ulisses T. Taddei, Alberto Leardini and Isabel C. N. Sacco
Different location and incidence of lower extremity injuries have been reported in rearfoot strike (RFS) and forefoot strike (FFS) recreational runners. These might be related to functional differences between the two footstrike patterns affecting foot k...
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M. Santos, L. Roseiro, E. Cortesão Seiça and A. M. Amaro
This article aims to analyze and contextualize osteotomies to treat hallux valgus pathology to find gaps in this area where engineering can significantly help.
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Bhawnath Tiwari, Kenny Jeanmonod, Paolo Germano, Christian Koechli, Sofia Lydia Ntella, Zoltan Pataky, Yoan Civet and Yves Perriard
Plantar pressure plays a crucial role in the pathogenesis of foot ulcers among patients with diabetes and peripheral polyneuropathy. Pressure relief is a key requirement for both the prevention and treatment of plantar ulcers. Conventional medical practi...
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Chuanbo Wang, Amirreza Mahbod, Isabella Ellinger, Adrian Galdran, Sandeep Gopalakrishnan, Jeffrey Niezgoda and Zeyun Yu
Wound care professionals provide proper diagnosis and treatment with heavy reliance on images and image documentation. Segmentation of wound boundaries in images is a key component of the care and diagnosis protocol since it is important to estimate the ...
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Pattaraporn Ngamkham, Varit Srilaong, Chalermchai Wongs-Aree and Mantana Buanong
Cut leaves of Davallia solida are widely used in bouquet greenery. However, the leaves wilt and yellow after seven days. Postharvest applications of exogenous cytokinins (CKs), a plant growth regulator (PGR), preventing senescence in many green leafy pla...
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Vetriselvi Sampath, Shanshui Gao, Jae Hong Park and In Ho Kim
To evaluate the effect of exogenous phytase (Ronozyme HiPhos-L, produced by the strain of Aspergillus oryzae), 1050 one-day-old Ross-308 broilers with an initial average body weight of 50.29 ± 0.98 g were randomly assigned to one of seven dietary treatme...
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Antonio Mazzotti, Laura Langone, Elena Artioli, Simone Ottavio Zielli, Alberto Arceri, Stefania Setti, Massimiliano Leigheb, Elena Manuela Samaila and Cesare Faldini
Foot and ankle injuries are common in many sports. One of the main athletes issues is the time for sport resumption after trauma. Recently, extensive efforts have been made to speed up the athletes? return-to-sport and to prevent joint degeneration. Amon...
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Iza Korpar and Igor Frange?
(1) Background: Preservation surgery of the diabetic foot aims at tissue sparing to avoid further pathological changes from developing, while ultimately preserving the limb. For this purpose, osteoregenerative, antimicrobial, and osteostimulative materia...
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