@inproceedings{793de3de82e045d082f70045ba8c73ae,
title = "Foot/ankle roll-over characteristics in different heel heights during level walking",
abstract = "This study investigated effects on foot/ankle roll-over characteristics in different heel heights during level walking. Fifteen female volunteers who have neither musculoskeletal nor foot problems were participated in gait analyses, wearing totally four pairs of shoes with different heel heights. To obtain roll-over shape of foot/ankle complex, we used trajectories of ankle and knee joints, and the center of pressure (COP) between initial contact (IC) and opposite initial contact (OIC). For each data, roll-over shape was represented by a circular arc using the least-square method. As a result, we found that the entire roll-over shape moved downwards, as the heel height increased and all traces looked similar even with different heel heights. Results from the motion analysis revealed that when a normal person walks with shoes in different heel height, his/her foot/ankle complex adjusts to the heel height through the ankle joint plantarflexion. In addition, we found that in a normal person, roll-over shape maintains constant through a compensatory action of foot/ankle complex to automatically adjust roll-over shape up to the certain amount of heel heights. In addition, results clearly showed that rollover characteristics during walking, functionally explained by three rockers, can be represented by a single curve, since rollover characteristic including and excluding early loading response period are quite similar. Present preliminary results on roll-over characteristics in a normal person would provide a new understanding of human walking, and furthermore can be applied to the design of prosthetics and orthotics of the lower extremity as well as orthopaedic shoes.",
keywords = "Center of pressure, Foot-ankle roll-over characteristic, Gait analysis",
author = "Choi, {Hue Seok} and Kim, {Y. H.}",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} International Federation for Medical and Biological Engineering 2007.; null ; Conference date: 27-08-2006 Through 01-09-2006",
year = "2007",
doi = "10.1007/978-3-540-36841-0_747",
language = "English",
isbn = "9783540368397",
series = "IFMBE Proceedings",
publisher = "Springer Verlag",
number = "1",
pages = "2953--2956",
editor = "Kim, {Sun I.} and Suh, {Tae Suk}",
booktitle = "IFMBE Proceedings",
edition = "1",
}