Women Ankle Joint Torques Comparison between Bare Foot and High Heel

Abstract:

Objective: Research on ankle joint torques of healthy women with high heel compared with bare foot based on Inverse Dynamics. Methods: 12 women were recruited and tested by motion and force system. Kinematical, kinetic and personal segment parameter data were used to compute ankle joint torques and compare the differences between bare foot and high heel.Conclusion: compared with bare foot, It can infer that Soleus and Gastrocnemius access the contraction in advance and keep higher muscle force. Tibia Anterior and Posterior must have to make powerful contraction that could keep the ankle joint with higher torque. Compared with sagital and frontal plane, high heel doesnt change the joint torque in horizontal plane during the whole internal phase, but the fluctuations of torque value may influence the stability during normal level walking.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volume 378)
• Pages: 382-386
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.378.382
• Online since: August 2013
• Authors: Hai Bin Liu, Zhi Qiang He, Wen Xue Yuan, Zhao Li Meng
• Keywords: Ankle Joint, High Heel, Inverse Dynamic, Joint Torques

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