The influence of shoe-heel height on knee muscle activity of transtibial amputees during standing

Xiaohong Jia, Jichuan Zhang, Rencheng Wang, Lidan Fang, Dewen Jin, Ming Zhang

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Abstract

In order to access the effects of shoe-heel height on knee muscle activity for transtibial amputees during standing, five male subjects volunteered for the study. Three pairs of shoes with zero, 20 mm and 40 mm heel height were used during normal standing. Surface EMG of 10 muscles was recorded by the Noraxon surface EMG collection system. EMG-MAV of the medial and lateral gastrocnemius of the sound leg almost change double with increase in heel height from zero to 40 mm, and EMG-MAV of the rectus fomris, vastus lateralis and vastus medialis of prosthetic side became larger to different extent. The finding in this paper suggested that an alignment change was necessary to accommodate the heel height change and the prostheses users should be cautious to choose shoes in daily life.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationDigital Human Modeling - First International Conference on Digital Human Modeling, ICDHM 2007. Held as Part of HCI International 2007, Proceedings
Pages640-645
Number of pages6
Publication statusPublished - 1 Dec 2007
Event1st International Conference on Digital Human Modeling, ICDHM 2007 - Beijing, China
Duration: 22 Jul 200727 Jul 2007

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume4561 LNCS
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

Conference

Conference1st International Conference on Digital Human Modeling, ICDHM 2007
Country/TerritoryChina
CityBeijing
Period22/07/0727/07/07

Keywords

  • Prosthesis
  • Shoe-heel height
  • Standing
  • Surface EMG

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Theoretical Computer Science
  • Computer Science(all)

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