The effects of shoe type on lower limb venous status during gait or exercise: A systematic review

L Lerebourg, M L'Hermette, C Menez, J Coquart - PLoS One, 2020 - journals.plos.org
This systematic review evaluated the literature pertaining to the effect of shoes on lower limb
venous status in asymptomatic populations during gait or exercise. The review was …

An investigation of differences in lower extremity biomechanics during single-leg landing from height using bionic shoes and normal shoes

D Xu, H Zhou, JS Baker, B István, Y Gu - Frontiers in Bioengineering …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Bionic shoes utilizing an actual foot shape sole structure can alter lower limb's
biomechanics, which may help in the development of specific training or rehabilitation …

A systematic review of the effect of footwear, foot orthoses and ta** on lower limb muscle activity during walking and running

J Reeves, R Jones, A Liu, L Bent… - Prosthetics and …, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: External devices are used to manage musculoskeletal pathologies by altering
loading of the foot, which could result in altered muscle activity that could have therapeutic …

Supervised machine learning scheme for electromyography-based pre-fall detection system

G Rescio, A Leone, P Siciliano - Expert Systems with Applications, 2018 - Elsevier
Falls are the leading cause of disability and death among the elderly. Over the years,
several inertial-based wearable devices for automatic fall and pre-fall detection have been …

Comparative analysis of supervised classifiers for the evaluation of sarcopenia using a sEMG-based platform

A Leone, G Rescio, A Manni, P Siciliano, A Caroppo - Sensors, 2022 - mdpi.com
Sarcopenia is a geriatric condition characterized by a loss of strength and muscle mass, with
a high impact on health status, functional independence and quality of life in older adults. To …

Prolonged running using bionic footwear influences lower limb biomechanics

X Jiang, X Yang, H Zhou, JS Baker, Y Gu - Healthcare, 2021 - mdpi.com
The running biomechanics of unstable shoes have been well investigated, however, little is
known about how traditional neutral shoes in combination with unstable design elements …

Histogram of oriented gradient based plantar pressure image feature extraction and classification employing fuzzy support vector machine

C Wang, Z Li, N Dey, Z Li, AS Ashour… - Journal of Medical …, 2018 - ingentaconnect.com
To identify and design comfortable footwear for patients with diabetic conditions (eg, high
blood pressure), an experimental design was proposed to collect plantar pressure data-set …

Plantar pressure image fusion for comfort fusion in diabetes mellitus using an improved fuzzy hidden Markov model

Z Li, D Wang, N Dey, AS Ashour, RS Sherratt… - Biocybernetics and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Diabetes mellitus is a clinical syndrome caused by the interaction of genetic and
environmental factors. The change of plantar pressure in diabetic patients is one of the …

Lower limb muscle co-contraction and joint loading of flip-flops walking in male wearers

TLW Chen, DWC Wong, Z Xu, Q Tan, Y Wang… - Plos one, 2018 - journals.plos.org
Flip-flops may change walking gait pattern, increase muscle activity and joint loading, and
predispose wearers to foot problems, despite that quantitative evidence is scarce. The …

A wearable EMG-based system pre-fall detector

A Leone, G Rescio, A Caroppo, P Siciliano - Procedia Engineering, 2015 - Elsevier
The paper presents a wearable system able to evaluate real time the risk of fall in elderly
people, promoting the fast adoption of properly intervention strategies for reducing injuries …