• 한국전문물리치료학회지
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• 제14권2호
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• pp.85-90
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• 2007

In many manufacturing occupations, industrial workers reported foot or lower leg problems such as discomfort, pain or orthopedic deformities. This study investigated the effects of two different working conditions upon assembly worker's perception of discomfort and foot pain associated with various body parts. Twenty-three male volunteers performed work in the factory. Ergonomic intervention has been to modify the flooring in an attempt to alleviate the problems associated with constrained standing and walking work. The worker's standing conditions consisted of standing on a hard floor while wearing shoe insoles. Questions were asked regarding body discomfort and foot pain. Significant differences in body discomfort and foot pain were found when comparing the overall effects of wearing shoe insoles on a hard floor (p<.05). This investigation indicated that shoe insoles reduced body discomfort and foot pain (p<.05).

• 한국정보통신학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국정보통신학회 2022년도 춘계학술대회
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• pp.411-412
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• 2022

최근 들어 잘못된 보행 습관과 신발 착용으로 족부 질환자들이 늘어나고 있다. 신발의 발달과 생활환경으로 누구나 족부질환으로부터 안심할 수 없다. 족부질환 환자가 정형 신발 구매시 신발디자인 특성이 만족도와 구매 의도에 어떠한 영향을 미치는지 연구한다. 신발 디자인 특성은 기능성, 편의성, 심미성으로 구성하였다. 사회활동 참여 빈도, 착용 목적, 족부 질환별 상태와 특징 등 다양한 관점에서 연구된다. 연구 결과를 통해 정형 경증 족부질환 환자들이 일상생활에서 유용하게 착용할 수 있는 정형 신발 디자인 개발과 현실적인 활용과 만족으로 이어지길 기대한다.

• 한국운동역학회지
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• 제18권4호
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• pp.135-142
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• 2008

본 연구는 9명의 피험자가 2주간 하루 6시간동안 후족부 경사각을 이용한 신발인 S사(社) 신발을 착용하여 보행하였으며 신발을 처음 신었을 때와 2주간 하루 6시간 이상 착용한 후의 데이터를 통해 기존의 운동화와 S사(社) 신발간의 비교를 수행하였다. 1. 기립자세에서의 S사(社) 신발의 착용 시 근전도의 활동인 증가하고 압력분포 중심 움직임은 약 60% 정도 증가하였다. 2. 피험자의 보행 시 S사(社) 신발을 착용하였을 때 신발의 힐 부부분의 $20^{\circ}$ 경사각으로 인해 heel strike 시 발목이 약 $14^{\circ}$ 정도 발등 쪽으로 굽혀짐을 확인하였으며 무릎에서는 이를 보완하기 위해 $2^{\circ}$ 정도 굴곡 됨을 보였다. 3. 이로 인해 최대 지면반력이 보다 빠르게 나타났으나 크기는 변하지 않았다. 4. S사(社) 신발의 착용하고 보행 시 지지기에서 발목과 무릎의 부하는 21-61%의 감소하는 결과를 나타내었다. 결과적으로 S사(社) 신발 착용시 목과 무릎각의 굴곡 각을 증가시켜 보행 시 몸이 곧게 서도록 하였다. 또한 보행 시 부하를 감소시킬 수 있음을 나타냈으나 2주간의 신발 착용으로 인한 신체의 변화는 나타나지 않음을 보였다.

• 대한인간공학회지
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• 제32권3호
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• pp.245-252
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• 2013

Objective: This paper analyzes the changes on stride parameters, joint angles, and trajectories of the body parts due to high heels during walking and explains the causal relationship between the changes and high heels. Background: This study aims to indicate the comprehensive gait changes by high heels on the whole body for women wearing high heels and researchers interested in high-heeled walking. Method: The experiment was designed in which two different shoe heel heights were used for walking (1cm, 9.8cm), and twelve women participated in the test. In the experiment, 35 points on the body were tracked to extract the stride parameters, joint angles, and trajectories of the body parts. Results: Double support time increased, but stride length decreased in high-heeled walking. The knee inflexed more at stance phase and the spine rotation became more severe. The trajectories of the pelvis, the trunk and the head presented outstanding fluctuations in the vertical direction. Conclusion: The double support time and the spine rotation were changed to compensate instability by high heels. Reduced range of motion of the ankle joint influenced on the stride length, the knee flexion, and fluctuations of the body parts. Application: This study can provide an insight of the gait changes by high heels through the entire body.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제16권7호
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• pp.4689-4696
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• 2015

본 연구에서는 F사가 맨발 보행 효과에서 착안하여 최적의 착화감과 압력 분산의 효과를 트레킹화에 접목시키기 위해 고안한 3D Bootie 공법을 적용시킨 트레킹화에 대한 생체역학적 분석을 수행하였다. 이를 위해 비교군으로써 M사, K사의 일반 트레킹화에 대하여, 신체 건강한 20대 남성 13명을 대상으로 보행 시 족저압력분포, 하지 근 활성도, 지면반발력을 측정하여 분석하였다. 연구 결과, F사의 트레킹화는 족저압력 분포에서 넓은 접촉 면적으로 인하여 최대 힘과 최대 압력의 감소를 야기했으며, 보행 시 발의 부하를 경감시켰다. 근 활성도 측면에서는 맨발 보행의 효과와 동일하게 작용했다. 지면반발력에서는 효과적으로 충격력을 흡수하여, 말기입각기 때 더욱 효율적인 보행이 가능하였다. 결과적으로 F사의 트레킹화는 맨발 보행의 장점을 이용한 3D Bootie 공법을 적용함으로써 넓은 접촉 면적으로 인해 보행 시 발생하는 발의 부하를 감소시킬 것으로 사료된다.

• PNF and Movement
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• 제18권2호
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• pp.215-222
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• 2020

Purpose: The study investigated the effect on chronic stroke patients' balance of a weight shift to the affected side using an insole on the less affected side during treadmill walking training. Methods: The subjects were 7 patients who had been diagnosed with stroke 6-24 months prior to the study. In each case, an insole was applied on the patient's less affected side during treadmill walking training. Each training session lasted 30 minutes and was undertaken 5 times per week for 4 weeks. Biorescue equipment that measures shifts in center of pressure was used to assess balance ability as measured by the Korea-Berg balance scale (K-BBS) before and after each training intervention. The Wilcoxon signed-rank test was used to evaluate within-group effects. Results: The results revealed statistically significant before and after differences in area, pressure, length, and mean velocity of the balance test and on K-BBS (p < 0.05). Conclusion: In chronic stroke patients, using an insole to adjust the height of the shoe on the less affected side is an effective means of increasing weight-shifting on the paralyzed side during treadmill gait training.

• 한국운동역학회지
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• 제29권3호
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• pp.197-204
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• 2019

Objective: The purpose of this study was to identify the effect of high-heels (HH) modification on metatarsal stress in female workers. Method: Seven females who work in clothing stores ($heights=160.4{\pm}3.9cm$; $weights=47.4{\pm}4.1kg$; $age=31.3{\pm}11.1yrs$; $HH\;wear\;career=8{\pm}6.5yrs$) wore two types of HH (original and modified). The modified HH had been grooved with 1.5 cm radius and 0.2 cm depth around the first metatarsal area inside of the shoes using the modified shoe-last. Participants were asked to walk for 15 minutes on a treadmill and to stand for 10 minutes with original and modified HH, respectively. Kinetics data were collected by the F-scan in-shoe system. After each test, participants were asked to rate their perceived exertion using the Borg's 15-grade RPE scale and interviewed about their feeling of HH. Nonparametric Wilcoxon signed-rank test and effect size (Cohen's d) were used to determine the difference of the variables of interest between the original and modified HH. Results: In the present study, modified HH of the peak contact pressure of 1st metatarsal (PCP) left, PCP right, pressure time integral (PTI) left, peak pressure gradient (PPG) left during standing and PPG right during walking are greater than original HH. And even it didn't show statistically significant, the average in all pressure values of modified HH showed bigger than original HH. It surmised to be related to awkward with modified HH. Even though they said to feel the comfortable cause of big space inside of HH in the interview, they seemed to be not enough time to adapt with new HH. So their walking and standing postures were unstable. Conclusion: Modified the fore-medial part of HH can reduce the stress in the first metatarsal head and big toe area during standing and walking.

• Journal of Positioning, Navigation, and Timing
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• 제9권2호
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• pp.117-124
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• 2020

In this paper, the symmetric position drift of the integration approach in pedestrian dead reckoning (PDR) system with dual foot-mounted IMU is analyzed. The PDR system that uses the inertial sensor attached to the shoe is called the IA-based PDR system. Since this system is designed based on the inertial navigation system (INS), it has the same characteristics as the error of the INS, then zero-velocity update (ZUPT) is used to correct this error. However, an error that cannot be compensated perfectly by ZUPT exists, and the trend of the position error is the symmetric direction along the side of the shoe(left, right foot) with the IMU attached. The symmetric position error along the side of the shoe gradually increases with walking. In this paper, we analyze the causes of symmetric position drift and show the results. It suggests the possibility of factors other than the error factors that are generally considered in the PDR system based on the integration approach.

• 한국전문물리치료학회지
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• 제8권3호
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• pp.35-41
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• 2001

In-shoe measurement systems allow the clinician and researcher to examine the pressure parameters within the shoe. The purpose of this study was to investigate the test-retest reliability of plantar pressures using the Parotec system over speeds and plantar regions. Seventeen healthy subjects were recruited for the study. Sampling rate was 100 Hz, and data of six variables (pressure on medial heel, lateral heel, 1st metatarsal head, 5th metatarsal head, and great toe and total impulse) were collected in four different gait speed (1.0 m/sec, 1.5 m/sec, 2.0 m/sec, and comfortable walking speed) in each day. The result indicates fair to excellent reliability between the two day test. Intraclass correlation coefficients (ICCs) ranged from .693 to .979, and range of reliability was similar depending on the speed and plantar region. In most cases, data recorded by the Parotec systems provide good evidence for the reliability.

• 대한정형도수물리치료학회지
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• 제21권2호
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• pp.39-46
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• 2015

Background: The purpose of this study was to investigate the influence of short-term treadmill walking with high-heeled shoes on electromyography activities of the medial gastrocnemius, lateral gastrocnemius and tibialis anterior in healthy young females. Methods: Fifteen healthy females were recruited for this study. To measure muscle activation, the subjects were asked in random order to walk on a treadmill using either high-heeled shoes or barefoot conditions. The shoe heel height for high-heeled walking was 7 cm. The walking speed on the treadmill was 4 km/h, and the inclination rate of the treadmill was 10%. The subjects performed treadmill walking in the barefoot and high-heeled walking conditions for 5 minutes. Electromyography data were collected from the tibialis anterior, medial gastrocnemius, lateral gastrocnemius, and soleus on both firm and foam surfaces and during eyes-open and-closed conditions while standing. Results: Tibialis anterior activity was significantly different before and after the walking task while standing on a foam surface with eyes closed (p<.05). Conclusion: This finding suggests that the activity of the tibialis anterior may be lowered after high-heeled walking. Therefore, high-heeled shoes contribute to harmful effects at the ankle joints, increasing the risks of falling and musculoskeletal injury.