Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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5032714 | Medical Engineering & Physics | 2017 | 9 Pages |
Abstract
Good agreement was achieved between the predicted and experimental results for both hyperelastic (<6.4% unloaded thickness, 4.4% maximum peak plantar pressure) and viscoelastic (Root Mean Square errors for loading and unloading periods <14.7%, 5.8% maximum force) simulations. This paper provides the first definition of material properties for heel pad sub-layers by using in-vivo experimental force-strain data and an anatomically detailed 3D Finite Element model of the heel.
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Authors
Nafiseh Ahanchian, Christopher J. Nester, David Howard, Ren Lei, Daniel Parker,