The influence of heel height on utilized coefficient of friction during walking

Comparison of joint angles and electromyographic activity of the lower extremities during standing with wearing standard and revised high-heeled shoes: A pilot study

“…In general, habitual wearing of standard HHSs got to produce ankle plantar flexion, while the knee has been shown to be more flexed with increased heel height [7,10,11]. Activity of the TA, quadriceps, and gastrocnemius muscles also increases with raised heel height, there were potentially contributed to instability of ankle joint [5][6][7]10].…”

Spatial accessibility to vaccination sites in a campaign against rabies in São Paulo city, Brazil

“…People in different locations are likely to be surrounded by different sets of vaccination site opportunities and transportation networks; thus, they may exhibit different travel patterns in accessing different vaccination sites. Furthermore, the use of the friction coefficient value generates a spatial accessibility model that more realistically represents walking conditions (Marpet, 1996;Blanchette et al, 2011). This work used a friction coefficient value of 0.5 because this represents a conservative value for an ordinary pedestrian walking under many foreseeable conditions (Marpet, 1996).…”

Efficacy of a rubber outsole with a hybrid surface pattern for preventing slips on icy surfaces

“…Two approaches were used to avoid spuriously high RCOF values that can occur when F z is small: 1) excluding the first 5% of the stance phase (Blanchette et al, 2011) and 2) excluding F z values less than 50 N (Burnfield and Powers, 2007). Both approaches yielded identical results.…”