Open AccessInertial control: a novel technique for in‐vitro analysis of foot function
Author(s) -
Natsakis Tassos,
Peeters Koen,
Burg Fien,
Dereymaeker Greta,
Sloten Jos Vander,
Jonkers Ilse
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
journal of foot and ankle research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.763
H-Index - 39
ISSN - 1757-1146
DOI - 10.1186/1757-1146-5-s1-o42
Subject(s) - medicine , physical medicine and rehabilitation , foot (prosody) , rehabilitation , inertial frame of reference , function (biology) , physical therapy , biology , microbiology and biotechnology , philosophy , linguistics , physics , quantum mechanics
Background In-vitro gait simulations have great potential, allowing a systematic analysis of the foot function. However, it is important that the loading conditions are realistic i.e. physiologic ground reaction forces (GRF). In most experiments, in-vivo measured GRF can be imposed [1,2]. However in experimental designs that evaluate the effect of altered muscle forces on foot motion this is more complex; the effect of the altered muscle activity on the loading and kinematics cannot be taken into consideration. Therefore, we investigated the use of a new technique to simulate such cases with realistic loading conditions.