Chapter Emerging Techniques for Assessment of Sensorimotor Impairments after Spinal Cord Injury

Mechanical properties of the plantar soft tissue, which acts as the interface between the skeleton and the ground, play an important role in distributing the force underneath the foot and in influencing the load transfer to the entire body during weight-bearing activities. Hence, understanding the m...

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المؤلفون الرئيسيون: Barroso, Filipe O., Moreno, Juan, Torricelli, Diego
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author Barroso, Filipe O.
Moreno, Juan
Torricelli, Diego
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Moreno, Juan
Torricelli, Diego
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description Mechanical properties of the plantar soft tissue, which acts as the interface between the skeleton and the ground, play an important role in distributing the force underneath the foot and in influencing the load transfer to the entire body during weight-bearing activities. Hence, understanding the mechanical behaviour of the plantar soft tissue and the mathematical equations that govern such behaviour can have important applications in investigating the effect of disease and injuries on soft tissue function. The plantar soft tissue of the foot shows a viscoelastic behaviour, where the reaction force is not only dependent on the amount of deformation but also influenced by the deformation rate. This chapter provides an insight into the mechanical behaviour of plantar soft tissue during loading with specific emphasis on heel pad, which is the first point of contact during normal gait. Furthermore, the methods of assessing the mechanical behaviour including the in vitro/in situ and in vivo are discussed, and examples of creep, stress relaxation, rate dependency and hysteresis behaviour of the heel pad are shown. In addition, the viscoelastic models that represent the mechanical behaviour of the plantar soft tissue under load along with the equations that govern this behaviour are elaborated and discussed.
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spelling doab-20.500.12854ir-706332024-04-05T12:30:53Z Chapter Emerging Techniques for Assessment of Sensorimotor Impairments after Spinal Cord Injury Barroso, Filipe O. Moreno, Juan Torricelli, Diego mechanical behaviour, plantar soft tissue, force-deformation, barefoot, viscoelastic models, finite element analyses, stress-strain, mathematical model, plantar pressure thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PN Chemistry::PNN Organic chemistry::PNNP Polymer chemistry Mechanical properties of the plantar soft tissue, which acts as the interface between the skeleton and the ground, play an important role in distributing the force underneath the foot and in influencing the load transfer to the entire body during weight-bearing activities. Hence, understanding the mechanical behaviour of the plantar soft tissue and the mathematical equations that govern such behaviour can have important applications in investigating the effect of disease and injuries on soft tissue function. The plantar soft tissue of the foot shows a viscoelastic behaviour, where the reaction force is not only dependent on the amount of deformation but also influenced by the deformation rate. This chapter provides an insight into the mechanical behaviour of plantar soft tissue during loading with specific emphasis on heel pad, which is the first point of contact during normal gait. Furthermore, the methods of assessing the mechanical behaviour including the in vitro/in situ and in vivo are discussed, and examples of creep, stress relaxation, rate dependency and hysteresis behaviour of the heel pad are shown. In addition, the viscoelastic models that represent the mechanical behaviour of the plantar soft tissue under load along with the equations that govern this behaviour are elaborated and discussed. 2021-02-10T12:58:18Z 2021-06-02T10:08:12Z 2016 chapter ONIX_20210602_10.5772/64182_279 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/49165 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/70633 eng open access image/jpeg image/jpeg n/a n/a https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/49165/1/51367.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/49165/1/51367.pdf InTechOpen 10.5772/64182 10.5772/64182 035ecc65-6737-43cf-a13a-6bdf67ce01f4 open access
spellingShingle mechanical behaviour, plantar soft tissue, force-deformation, barefoot, viscoelastic models, finite element analyses, stress-strain, mathematical model, plantar pressure
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Barroso, Filipe O.
Moreno, Juan
Torricelli, Diego
Chapter Emerging Techniques for Assessment of Sensorimotor Impairments after Spinal Cord Injury
title Chapter Emerging Techniques for Assessment of Sensorimotor Impairments after Spinal Cord Injury
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title_short Chapter Emerging Techniques for Assessment of Sensorimotor Impairments after Spinal Cord Injury
title_sort chapter emerging techniques for assessment of sensorimotor impairments after spinal cord injury
topic mechanical behaviour, plantar soft tissue, force-deformation, barefoot, viscoelastic models, finite element analyses, stress-strain, mathematical model, plantar pressure
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