Journal of Foot and Ankle Research

Biomechanics of footwear design

• Open Access
• Introduction

Richard Smith, Caleb Wegener, Andy Greene, Angus Chard, Alycia Fong Yan

Assessment of chronic ankle instability

• Open Access
• Introduction

Kathryn M Refshauge, Claire E Hiller

Passive mechanical properties of human gastrocnemius muscle-tendon units

• Open Access
• Introduction

Robert D Herbert, Joanna Diong

Biomechanical assessment of the rheumatoid foot

• Open Access
• Introduction

Keith Rome, Gordon Hendry

Rearfoot and forefoot footfall patterns: implications for barefoot running

• Open Access
• Keynote speaker presentation

Joseph Hamill

The legacy of Alex Stacoff for foot and footwear biomechanics research

• Open Access
• Keynote speaker presentation

Peter R Cavanagh

Biomechanics of the ageing foot and ankle

• Open Access
• Keynote speaker presentation

Hylton B Menz

Abstract Withdrawn

• Open Access
• Keynote speaker presentation

In vivo, intrinsic kinematics of the foot and ankle

• Open Access
• Keynote speaker presentation

Toni Arndt, Chris Nester, Paul Lundgren, Arne Lundberg, Peter Wolf

An intelligent sport shoe to prevent ankle inversion sprain injury

• Open Access
• Keynote speaker presentation

Daniel TP Fong

Shock attenuation in shoes compared to barefoot: a systematic review

• Open Access
• Oral presentation

Alycia Fong Yan, Claire Hiller, Peter Sinclair, Richard Smith

The effect of footwear on multi-segment foot kinematics during running

• Open Access
• Oral presentation

Robin L Bauer, Mukta N Joshi, Trevor R Klinkner, Stephen C Cobb

Development of an artificial foot enabling the simulation of the natural behaviour of the human unroll of the foot during walking and running

• Open Access
• Oral presentation

Helga Vertommen, Eveline De Raeve, Wim Dewindt, Carel Van den Bosch, Fred Holtkamp, Louis Peeraer

Effect of rollover footwear on metabolic cost of ambulation, lower limb kinematics, kinetics, and EMG related muscle activity during walking

• Open Access
• Oral presentation

Saeed Forghany, Christopher Nester, Barry Richards, Anna Hatton

The relationship between sole curvature of roll over footwear and changes in gait

• Open Access
• Oral presentation

Saeed Forghany, Christopher Nester, Barry Richards

What is the best Rocker Shoe design?

• Open Access
• Oral presentation

Jonathan Chapman, Stephen Preece, Christopher Nester, Bjoern Braunstein, Angela Höhne, Gert-Peter Brüggermann

Effects of unstable footwear on joint reactions and muscle forces: an inverse dynamics study

• Open Access
• Oral presentation

Michael Schwarze, Frank Seehaus, Christof Hurschler, Hazibullah Waizy

Effects of extrinsic rearfoot posting in custom foot orthoses on frontal plane kinematics and kinetics

• Open Access
• Oral presentation

Scott Telfer, Mandy Abbot, Daniel Rafferty, Jim Woodburn

The effect of different depths of medial heel skive on plantar pressures

• Open Access
• Oral presentation

Daniel R Bonanno, Cheryl Y Zhang, Rose C Farrugia, Matthew G Bull, Anita Raspovic, Adam R Bird, Karl B Landorf

Motion of the rearfoot, ankle and subtalar joints and ankle moments when wearing lateral wedge insoles – results from bone anchored markers

• Open Access
• Oral presentation

Richard Jones, Chris Nester, Anmin Liu, Peter Wolf, Anton Arndt, Paul Lundgren, Arne Lundberg

The effectiveness of using in-shoe plantar pressure assessment and monitoring in prescription therapeutic footwear to prevent plantar foot ulcer recurrence in diabetic patients: a multicenter randomized controlled trial

• Open Access
• Oral presentation

Sicco A Bus, Mark LJ Arts, Roelof Waaijman, Mirjam de Haart, Tessa Busch-Westbroek, Sjef G van Baal, Frans Nollet

Mapping load transfer from the plantar surface of the foot to the walls of the total contact cast (TCC)

• Open Access
• Oral presentation

Lindy Begg, Patrick McLaughlin, Leon Manning, Axel Kalpen, Mauro Vicaretti, John Fletcher, Joshua Burns

Foot type biomechanics in diabetic and not diabetic subjects

• Open Access
• Oral presentation

Zimi Sawacha, Annamaria Guiotto, Gabriella Guarneri, Angelo aogaro, Claudio Cobelli

Foot and ankle characteristics of children with an idiopathic toe walking gait

• Open Access
• Oral presentation

Cylie Williams, Paul Tinley, Michael Curtin

Preliminary study of regionalised centre-of-pressure analysis in patients with juvenile idiopathic arthritis

• Open Access
• Oral presentation

Gordon J Hendry, Danny Rafferty, Ruth Semple, Janet M Gardner-Medwin, Debbie E Turner, James Woodburn

Correlates of calf cramp in children with Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease

• Open Access
• Oral presentation

Fiona E Blyton, Monique M Ryan, Robert A Ouvrier, Joshua Burns

Marker-based foot posture assessment in children

• Open Access
• Oral presentation

Catriona M Kerr, Julie Stebbins, Tim Theologis, Amy B Zavatsky

Reliability of three foot models to examine paediatric gait

• Open Access
• Oral presentation

Ryan Mahaffey, Stewart Morrison, Wendy Drechsler, Mary Cramp

Effect of thong style flip-flops on children’s midfoot motion during gait

• Open Access
• Oral presentation

Angus Chard, Andrew Greene, Adrienne Hunt, Benedicte Vanwanseele, Richard Smith

Three-dimensional ankle kinematics in children’s school shoes during running

• Open Access
• Oral presentation

Caleb Wegener, Damien O’Meara, Adrienne E Hunt, Joshua Burns, Benedicte Vanwanseele, Andrew Greene, Richard M Smith

Altering gait by way of stimulation of the plantar surface of the foot: the immediate effect of wearing textured insoles in older fallers

• Open Access
• Oral presentation

Anna L Hatton, John Dixon, Keith Rome, Julia L Newton, Denis J Martin

Long term whole body vibration training has no effects on plantar foot sensitivity and balance control

• Open Access
• Oral presentation

Günther Schlee, Thomas L Milani

Plantar foot vibration thresholds: a comparison between measurements with seated and standing subjects

• Open Access
• Oral presentation

AMC Germano, G Schlee, TL Milani

Acute effects of whole body vibration on foot sole sensitivity and plantar pressures during gait initiation

• Open Access
• Oral presentation

Martin Alfuth, Anne Beiring, Dieter Klein, Dieter Rosenbaum

Foot loading of an African population

• Open Access
• Oral presentation

Niki M Stolwijk, Jacques Duysens, Jan-Willem K Louwerens, Noel LW Keijsers

Influence of gastrocnemius-soleus muscle force on sub-MTH load distribution

• Open Access
• Oral presentation

Wen-Ming Chen, Victor Phyau-Wui Shim, Taeyong Lee

Scalpel debridement has minimal effects on painful plantar calluses in older people: a randomised trial

• Open Access
• Oral presentation

Karl B Landorf, Adam Morrow, Martin J Spink, Chelsey L Nash, Anna Novak, Adam R Bird, Julia Potter, Hylton B Menz

Velocity of centre of pressure as a predictor of walking speed

• Open Access
• Oral presentation

Noël LW Keijsers, Niki M Stolwijk, Jan-Willem K Louwerens, Jaak Duysens

Anatomical plantar pressure masking and foot models: potential for integration with marker position systems

• Open Access
• Oral presentation

Claudia Giacomozzi, Julie Stebbins, Alberto Leardini

Spatial resolution and peak-pressure-change measurement accuracy

• Open Access
• Oral presentation

Todd C Pataky

Biomechanical assessment of children requiring tibialis anterior surgical tendon transfer for residual congenital talipes equinovarus

• Open Access
• Oral presentation

Kelly Gray, Paul Gibbons, David Little, Joshua Burns

Plantar pressures and ankle kinematics following anterior tibialis tendon transfers in children with clubfoot

• Open Access
• Oral presentation

Kirsten Tulchin, Kelly A Jeans, Lori A Karol, Lindsey Crawford

Postural control in total knee arthroplasty patients with patellofemoral pain syndrome before and six months after re-operation

• Open Access
• Oral presentation

Helena Gapeyeva, Tiit Haviko, Aare Märtson, Herje Aibast, Jaan Ereline, Mati Pääsuke

Fluoroscopic and gait analyses for the assessment of the functional performance of an original total ankle replacement

• Open Access
• Oral presentation

Francesco Cenni, Sandro Giannini, Claudio Belvedere, Matteo Romagnoli, Lisa Berti, Maddalena Pieri, Alberto Leardini

How well can skin marker analysis detect the kinematics of a total ankle arthroplasty? - a comparison to videofluoroscopy

• Open Access
• Oral presentation

Renate List, Hans Gerber, Mauro Foresti, Silvio Lorenzetti, Pascal Rippstein, Edgar Stüssi

Preliminary marker-based validation of a novel biplane fluoroscopy system

• Open Access
• Oral presentation

Joseph M Iaquinto, Richard Tsai, Michael Fassbind, David R Haynor, Bruce J Sangeorzan, William R Ledoux

Measurement of longitudinal tibial nerve excursion during ankle joint dorsiflexion: an in-vivo investigation with ultrasound imaging

• Open Access
• Oral presentation

Matthew Carroll, Janet Yau, Keith Rome, Wayne Hing

Reliability of ultrasound to measure morphology of the toe flexor muscles

• Open Access
• Oral presentation

Karen J Mickle, Christopher J Nester, Gillian Crofts, Julie R Steele

In vivo measurement of the biomechanical properties of plantar soft tissues under simulated gait conditions

• Open Access
• Oral presentation

Daniel Parker, Glen Cooper, Stephen Pearson, David Howard, Gillian Crofts, Christopher Nester

How accurately can surface markers be placed on bony landmarks of the foot?

• Open Access
• Oral presentation

Alpesh Kothari, Julie Stebbins, Jessica Leitch, Amy Zavatsky

Correlated joint rotations in the medial foot and the definition of plantarflexion-dorsiflexion

• Open Access
• Oral presentation

Thomas M Greiner

Inertial control: a novel technique for in-vitro analysis of foot function

• Open Access
• Oral presentation

Tassos Natsakis, Koen Peeters, Fien Burg, Greta Dereymaeker, Jos Vander Sloten, Ilse Jonkers

The development of a kinematic model to quantify in-shoe foot motion

• Open Access
• Oral presentation

Chris Bishop, Gunther Paul, Dominic Thewlis

Relationship between the foot progression angle and eversion and exercise-related lower leg pain

• Open Access
• Oral presentation

Tine M Willems, Erik Witvrouw, Dirk De Clercq, Philip Roosen

Implications of subtalar joint motion for muscle and joint loading during running

• Open Access
• Oral presentation

Uwe G Kersting

Do lower extremity kinematics and training variables affect the development of overuse injuries in runners? - a prospective study

• Open Access
• Oral presentation

Tobias Hein, Pia Janssen, Ursula Wagner-Fritz, Stefan Grau

Abstract withdrawn

• Open Access
• Oral presentation

Effects of weight loss on foot structure in obese adults: a pilot study

• Open Access
• Oral presentation

Jinsup Song, Gary Foster, Reagan Kane, Dana N Tango, Stephanie Vander Veur, Naomi Reyes, Caitlin LaGrotte, James Furmato, Eugene Komaroff

Effects of extrinsic foot musculature on hindfoot kinematics during stance phase: Implications for flatfoot pathology

• Open Access
• Oral presentation

Josefien Burg, Koen Peeters, Tassos Natsakis, Jos Vander Sloten, Greta Dereymaeker, Ilse Jonkers

Influence of variable stiffness shoes in sports performance and protection of lower extremity injury

• Open Access
• Oral presentation

Jee-Chin Teoh, Wen-Min Chen, Taeyong Lee

The effect of external ankle support on knee and ankle joint loading in netball players

• Open Access
• Oral presentation

Benedicte Vanwanseele, Max Stuelcken, Andy Greene, Richard Smith

Perceived ankle instability is not related to ankle joint position sense, movement detection and inversion/eversion peak power: an observational study

• Open Access
• Oral presentation

Fereshteh Pourkazemi, Claire Hiller, Jacqueline Raymond, Kathryn Refshauge

Syndesmosis ankle injury in football players: a pilot study

• Open Access
• Oral presentation

Amy Sman, Claire Hiller, Leslie Nicholson, Katherine Rae, Kathryn Refshauge

The validity of footprint-based measures of arch structure: revisiting the debate of fat versus flat feet in adults

• Open Access
• Oral presentation

Hin-Chung Lau, Scott C Wearing, Nicole L Grigg, James E Smeathers

Feasibility and utility of a multi-segment foot model to measure joint kinematics in older aged adults during gait

• Open Access
• Poster presentation

John Arnold, Shylie Mackintosh, Sara Jones, Dominic Thewlis

Systematic review on the use of foot orthosis in symptomatic pes planus

• Open Access
• Poster presentation

Helen A Banwell, Shylie Mackintosh, Dominic Thewlis

Using standard treatment and offloading principles to heal a wound of a patient who ambulates upon “all fours”

• Open Access
• Poster presentation

Lindy Begg, Patrick McLaughlin, Karin Sutton, Thomas Daly, Mauro Vicaretti, Joshua Burns

The relationship between foot type and lower limb kinematics during walking: a systematic review

• Open Access
• Poster presentation

Andrew K Buldt, George S Murley, Paul Butterworth, Pazit Levinger, Hylton B Menz, Karl B Landorf

Effect of functional fatigue on vertical ground reaction force among individuals with flat feet

• Open Access
• Poster presentation

Sahar Boozari, Ali Ashraf Jamshidi, Mohammad Ali Sanjari, Hassan Jafari

The effect of a subject-specific AFO on the muscle activation during gait of a test subject suffering from a hemiparetic anterior muscle insufficiency in the lower leg

• Open Access
• Poster presentation

V Creylman, L Muraru, H Vertommen, L Peeraer

Biomechanical assessment of the paediatric foot: using the current evidence

• Open Access
• Poster presentation

Angela M Evans, Keith Rome

Pressure measurement devices: from technical assessment to clinical performance

• Open Access
• Poster presentation

Claudia Giacomozzi, Moreno D’Amico, Piero Roncoletta

Quantification of effectiveness prior to clinical application: the example of silicone socks for diabetics

• Open Access
• Poster presentation

Claudia Giacomozzi, Jessica Crafoord, Emanuela D’Ambrogi, Luigi Uccioli

Single-leg balance in “instability” footwear

• Open Access
• Poster presentation

Carina Price, Laura Smith, Philip Graham-Smith, Richard Jones

The effects of using a lateral wedge insole on knee loading during ascending and descending stairs

• Open Access
• Poster presentation

Amneh Alshawabka, Richard Jones, Sarah Tyson

Forefoot deformation during the stance phase of normal gait

• Open Access
• Poster presentation

Saartje Duerinck, Friso Hagman, Ilse Jonkers, Peter Vaes, Peter Van Roy

Validation of a one degree-of-freedom spherical model for kinematics analysis of the human ankle joint

• Open Access
• Poster presentation

Nicola Sancisi, Vincenzo Parenti-Castelli, Benedetta Baldisserri, Claudio Belvedere, Matteo Romagnoli, Valentina D’Angeli, Alberto Leardini

The effect of prior compression tests on the plantar soft tissue compressive and shear elastic properties

• Open Access
• Poster presentation

Shruti Pai, Paul T Vawter, William R Ledoux

Visual categorisation of the Arch Index: a simplified measure of foot posture in older people

• Open Access
• Poster presentation

Hylton B Menz, Mohammad R Fotoohabadi, Elin Wee, Martin J Spink

Plantar pressures and relative metatarsal lengths in older people with and without forefoot pain

• Open Access
• Poster presentation

Hylton B Menz, Mohammad R Fotoohabadi, Shannon E Munteanu, Gerard V Zammit, Mark F Gilheany

Changes in foot posture and function following total knee replacement surgery

• Open Access
• Poster presentation

Pazit Levinger, Hylton B Menz, Adam D Morrow, Julian A Feller, John R Bartlett, Mohammad R Fotoohabadi, Neil Bergman

Abstract Withdrawn

• Open Access
• Poster presentation

Idiopathic peripheral neuropathy increases fall risk in a population-based cohort study of older adults

• Open Access
• Poster presentation

Jody L Riskowski, Lien Quach, Brad Manor, Hylton B Menz, Lewis A Lipsitz, Marian T Hannan

The influence of corpulence on the mechanical properties of the human heel fat pad in elderly

• Open Access
• Poster presentation

Frank Lindner, Günther Schlee, Thomas L Milani

Static examination of the range of ankle joint dorsiflexion is not related to dynamic foot kinematics

• Open Access
• Poster presentation

Hannah Jarvis, Christopher J Nester, Peter P Bowden, Richard K Jones, Anmin Liu

Design, development and biomechanical evaluation of a prefabricated anti pronation foot orthosis

• Open Access
• Poster presentation

Rachel Majumdar, Philip Laxton, Anna Thuesen, Christopher Nester, Barry Richards

Indicators for the prescription of foot and ankle orthoses for children with Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease

• Open Access
• Poster presentation

Grant Scheffers, Claire Hiller, Kathryn Refshauge, Joshua Burns

Effect of cognitive task on postural control of the patients with chronic ankle sprain

• Open Access
• Poster presentation

Zeinab Shiravi, Saeed Talebian, Mohammad Reza Hadian, Gholam Reza Oliaie

Investigation of running foot strike technique on Achilles tendon force using ultrasound techniques and a Hill-type model

• Open Access
• Poster presentation

Sarah M Stearne, Jonas Rubenson, Jacqueline Alderson

Rear-foot kinematics in runners with PFPS during walking, squatting and uphill running

• Open Access
• Poster presentation

Jessica Leitch, Kathleen Reilly, Julie Stebbins, Amy B Zavatsky

Asessment of ageing effect on plantar tissue stiffness

• Open Access
• Poster presentation

Jee-Chin Teoh, Wen-Ming Chen, Taeyong Lee

Shoes that restrict metatarsophalangeal dorsiflexion cause proximal joint compensations

• Open Access
• Poster presentation

Dominic Thewlis, Gunther Paul, Chris Bishop

Multi-segment foot motion during single limb toe raises in healthy individuals

• Open Access
• Poster presentation

Kirsten Tulchin, Wilshaw R Stevens Jr, Kunal Singhal, Young-Hoo Kwon

Abstract withdrawn

• Open Access
• Poster presentation

Children’s functional performance barefoot and in sports shoes

• Open Access
• Poster presentation

Caleb Wegener, Andrew Greene, Renee Millar, Joshua Burns, Adrienne E Hunt, Benedicte Vanwanseele, Richard M Smith

Plantar pressure distribution during gait and running in subjects with chronic ankle instability

• Open Access
• Poster presentation

Roel De Ridder, Tine Willems, Philip Roosen

The effect of fatigue on plantar pressure distribution during running in view of running injuries

• Open Access
• Poster presentation

Tine M Willems, Roel De Ridder, Philip Roosen