Location of minimum foot clearance on the shoe and with respect to the obstacle changes with locomotor task.

ABSTRACT: Minimum foot clearance (MFC) as it relates to trips and falls has been extensively studied across many locomotor tasks, but examination of this body of research yields several studies with conflicting results and a wide range of MFCs within tasks. While there are several factors that may affect the MFC variability across studies (populations studied, environmental conditions, etc.), one aspect of the discrepancies in the literature may be the result of different placements of shoe markers and/or MFC calculation methods. A marker on the toe is often used, but may only quantify one aspect of how the foot actually clears the trip hazard. The purpose of this study was to determine the location on the shoe where MFC occurs during locomotor tasks with the highest risk of tripping. Ten young adul

SUBMITTER: Loverro KL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3747961 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature