Adjustable Compliance Footwear Technology to Investigate Gait Adaptation.

ABSTRACT: Kinetic asymmetries in gait caused by neuropathology are a major factor in mobility deficiency. Gait perturbation training has shown promise for rehabilitating neurological gait asymmetry, but the transfer of benefits from treadmill training to overground walking is limited. To enable kinetic gait perturbation training on treadmills and overground, we developed novel adjustable compliance footwear technology. The system consists of a wearable pneumatic actuation module which controls the pressure of custom air pockets embedded in a soft lattice midsole, and is capable of independently and wirelessly adjusting the midsole compliance under each foot from 300 kN/m and 60% energy absorption to 18 kN/m and 75% energy absorption in about 4 seconds. Hindfoot and forefoot sole deflection data are

SUBMITTER: Price M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12636696 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature