We compared the electromyographic (EMG) signals of lower extremity muscle groups in 10 children with hemiplegic cerebral palsy (CP) while walking barefoot and in a hinged ankle-foot orthosis (HAFO). All children had excessive plantarflexion and initial toe-contact on the affected side when walking barefoot, a typical gait pattern for hemiplegic patients. The patients walked with a physiological...

[Purpose] To investigate the relationships between toe flexor muscle strength with (TFS-5-toes) and without (TFS-4-toes) the contribution of the great toe, anatomical and physiological muscle cross-sectional areas (CSA) of intrinsic toe flexor muscle and physical performance were measured. [Subjects] Seventeen men (82% sports-active) and 17 women (47% sports-active), aged 20 to 35 years, volunt...

in this theoretical study, the effect of various types of bypass graft angles on the flow field, has been investigated specially on the temporal wall shear stress (wss) on the toe, heel and some locations on the bed of the left anterior descending (lad) artery at the anastomoses areas in the aorto-coronary (ac) and coronary-coronary (cc) bypasses. flow fields in both bypasses with angles of 20º...

THE EFFECTS OF WALKING SURFACE AND VIBRATION ON THE GAIT PATTERN AND VIBRATION PERCEPTION THRESHOLD OF TYPICALLY DEVELOPING CHILDREN AND CHILDREN WITH IDIOPATHIC TOE WALKING by Hsinchen D. Fanchiang The aim of the current study is to investigate novel therapeutic/treatment methods and outcome measurement for children with Idiopathic Toe Walking (ITW). Fifteen typically developing (TD) children ...

Forced hydraulic jump in a horizontal stilling basin with one and two continuous sills at the downstream end of an ogee standard weir was investigated. Experiments were completed on sills of five different heights which were fixed at two different distances from the toe of the weir. The main characteristics of the jump such as the sequent depth ratio, relative roller &#10length, and relative en...

Channel dredging has become a common phenomenon across several fluvial systems. Pits dredged in the riverbank can influence downstream turbulence and affect bank slope central channel morphodynamics. Erodible bed experiments were conducted laboratory flume having cross section with three different slopes, i.e., 25°, 31°, 40° without mining pit. Flow over near toe was most affected by pit excava...

Our understanding of how partial foot prostheses function stems from static force analyses, where assumptions about the location of the ground reaction force during terminal stance have been made. While such assumptions seemed reasonably based on an understanding of normal gait, they are often illogical based on what is observed clinically. As such, the aim of this work was to evaluate the beli...

UNLABELLED Footprint analysis is a simple, cost-effective and readily available method for evaluation of flat feet, to identify a person in forensic content and for shoe manufacturing. OBJECTIVE To examine the footprints in athletes and non-athletes and to compare their foot print measurements. MATERIAL AND METHOD Four hundred and ninety-two athletes and four hundred and thirty-one non-athl...

In this theoretical study, the effect of various types of bypass graft angles on the flow field, has been investigated specially on the temporal Wall Shear Stress (WSS) on the toe, heel and some locations on the bed of the Left Anterior Descending (LAD) artery at the anastomoses areas in the Aorto-Coronary (AC) and Coronary-Coronary (CC) bypasses. Flow fields in both bypasses with angles of...

The equine laminar junction plays a vital role in transferring the forces of weight-bearing between the epidermal hoof wall and the bone of the third phalanx, but the way in which it performs this function is poorly understood. Using samples from sites varying proximodistally and circumferentially around the hoof, the stress/strain behaviour of this tissue was characterised in three directions:...