Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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5020737 | Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials | 2017 | 40 Pages |
Abstract
The developed technique can accurately assess the visco-hyperelastic behaviour of heel pad. It was observed that specific change in stress-strain behaviour can enhance/weaken the heel pad's ability to uniformly distribute plantar loading that will increase/decrease the risk for overloading and trauma.
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Authors
Sara Behforootan, Panagiotis E. Chatzistergos, Nachiappan Chockalingam, Roozbeh Naemi,