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Implementation of finite element analysis into the athletic shoe design process
… of product production. Currently, the athletic shoe industry does not use finite element analysis in the shoe development process. The goal of this project was to implement finite element analysis into the athletic shoe design process with the intent of decreasing time to market and cost. This …
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Optimizing Shoe Midsoles for Running Performance
Running shoe design affects running performance. Running performance most commonly refers to running economy, the rate of oxygen consumed by an athlete running at a given speed, because it compares the input (metabolic) energy to the output (kinetic) energy. Running economy data is collected in …
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Ballet Pointe Shoe Discomfort: An Exploration Through the use of Real-Time Assessments while Performing en Pointe Movements
… the advancement in technology, the ballet pointe shoe remains unchanged and very few research and studies have investigated it. The pointe shoe is still in use today and poses many disadvantages to the ballet dancer's foot health. This research aims to uncover ballet dancers' feet discomfort while …
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Objects of Desire: The Foot as a Site
The purpose of this study is three-fold: First, to use the foot as a site for a study of form, materials and joints. Second, to investigate the form by studying it as a transformable group of component parts. Last, to ask the question, how does a product become malleable and changeable in terms of …
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Assessment of the Impact of Loading Pressure on Endothelial Function in Diabetic Foot
… abetes.<b><br/></b><b><br/></b><b>Methods</b>: In-shoe pressure experienced on dorsal and plantar surfaces of the foot were assessed using Pedar insole system in subjects’ own shoes and orthopaedic shoes known to be prescribed for diabetic patients. In-shoe peak pressures (PP) were applied by a …