Adaptive explanations for modern human foot anatomy have long fascinated evolutionary
biologists because of the dramatic differences between our feet and those of our closest …

Humans have engaged in endurance running for millions of years, but the modern running
shoe was not invented until the 1970s. For most of human evolutionary history, runners were …

Over the last couple of decades, numerous piezoelectric footwear energy harvesters
(PFEHs) have been reported in the literature. This paper reviews the principles, methods …

The growing demand for flexible, ultrasensitive, squeezable, skin-mountable, and wearable
sensors tailored to the requirements of personalized health-care monitoring has fueled the …

Background: Anterior compartment pressures of the leg as well as kinematic and kinetic
measures are significantly influenced by running technique. It is unknown whether adopting …

The relationship between gait mechanics and running ground reaction forces is widely
regarded as complex. This viewpoint has evolved primarily via efforts to explain the rising …

This paper presents a preliminary investigation on energy harvesting from human walking
via piezoelectric vibrating cantilevers. Heel accelerations during human gait are established …

Introduction Foot and ankle impact injury is common in geriatric trauma and often leads to
fracture of rearfoot, including calcaneus and talus. The objective of this study was to assess …

Humans experience repetitive impact forces beneath the heel during walking and heel strike
running that cause impact peaks characterized by high rates and magnitudes of loading …

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