192 PERTURBATION OF LOWER LIMB DURING DYNAMIC LOADING

Investigation of lower-limb tissue perfusion during loading.

An extant tissue indentor used for amputee residual limb tissue indentation studies was modified to include laser Doppler flowmetry (LDF) to enable measurement of tissue perfusion during indentation. This device allows quantitative assessment of the mechanical and physiological response of soft tissues to load, as demonstrated by indentation studies of the lower-limb tissues of young healthy su...

Estimating Lower Limb Skeletal Loading

Measuring Lower Limb Loading during Dynamic Sporting Actions: Reducing Errors from Soft Tissue Interference and Filtering

When determining lower limb loading (LLL) sources of error include the vibration of kinematic marker plates and how the motion and force data are digitally filtered. This study examined LLL during dynamic actions with reduced marker vibration using a tibial plate (TP) and two different levels of filtering severity (15 Hz and 35 Hz cut-offs). The increase of the filter cut-off frequency for the ...

Symmetry of lower limb loading in healthy adults during normal and abnormal stance.

PURPOSE The purpose of the research was twofold: (1) to describe the normal asymmetry in lower limb loading during a normal stance and during a stance with visual and vestibular disturbance relating to the lower limb dominance, (2) to assess relations of loading of both lower limbs with body weight and height (BMI) and leg functional dominance. METHODS The subjects of this study were 95 stude...

Effect of Flat Foot on Excursions of Lower Limb Joints during Running

Introduction: The relationship between biomechanical parameters and different types of posture problems in association with running is unknown. Therefore, this study aimed to investigate the excursion changes at the hip, knee, and ankle joints during running in the patients with flat foot. Methods: The participants comprised 12 healthy men and 12 others suffering from flat feet disorder. They ...