• School of Mechanical Engineering, Tianjin University of Science & Technology, Tianjin 300222, China;
SIYing, Email: SiYing163@126.com
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The first metatarsophalangeal joint bending plays an important role in the foot movement. However, the existing researches mainly focused on the movement scope of the joint and the clinical treatments of related foot diseases. In order to investigate the effects of the first metatarsophalangeal joint bending on human walking gait stability, the present researchers recruited 6 healthy young men to perform the first metatarsophalangeal joint constraint (FM-JC) and barefoot (BF) walking tests. Data of the temporal and spatial parameters, the joint angles of lower limbs, the ground reaction forces (GRF) and utilized coefficients of friction (UCOF) were collected and analyzed. The results showed that, since hip and knee could produce compensation motions, the FMJC had no significant effects on waking gait, but the slip and fall probability increased significantly.

Citation: ZHANGJunxia, SIYing, SUHailong, LIUYefang, GONGMeng. Effects of the First Metatarsophalangeal Joint Bending on Human Walking Gait Stability When Walking on Slippery Floor. Journal of Biomedical Engineering, 2015, 32(1): 38-42. doi: 10.7507/1001-5515.20150007 Copy

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