Journal of Biomechanics
Volume 39, Issue 7 , Pages 1279-1286 , 2006

An inverse finite-element model of heel-pad indentation

  • Ahmet Erdemir

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biomedical Engineering, Lerner Research Institute, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA
    • ,
  • Meredith L. Viveiros

      Affiliations

    • Instron Corporation Headquarters, Canton, MA 02021, USA
    • ,
  • Jan S. Ulbrecht

      Affiliations

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

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biomedical Engineering, Lerner Research Institute, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA
    • Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and the Orthopaedic Research Center, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Biomedical Engineering (ND20), Lerner Research Institute, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, 9500 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA. Tel.: +12164456980; fax: +12164456083.

,Accepted 13 March 2005.

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doi: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2005.03.007

Journal of Biomechanics
Volume 39, Issue 7 , Pages 1279-1286 , 2006

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