Journal of Biomechanics
Volume 38, Issue 9 , Pages 1798-1806 , September 2005

Local plantar pressure relief in therapeutic footwear: design guidelines from finite element models

  • Ahmet Erdemir

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biomedical Engineering/ND20, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, 9500 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA
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  • Jeffrey J. Saucerman

      Affiliations

    • Department of Bioengineering, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093-0412, USA
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  • David Lemmon

      Affiliations

    • The Methodology Center, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA
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  • Bryan Loppnow

      Affiliations

    • Center for Locomotion Studies, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA
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  • Brie Turso

      Affiliations

    • Department of Engineering Science and Mechanics, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA
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  • Jan S. Ulbrecht

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Biobehavioral Health and Medicine, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA
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  • Peter Re Cavanagh

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biomedical Engineering/ND20, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, 9500 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA
    • Orthopaedic Research Center, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: 2164456980; fax: 2164456083.

,Accepted 2 September 2004.

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doi: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2004.09.009

Journal of Biomechanics
Volume 38, Issue 9 , Pages 1798-1806 , September 2005

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