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  • An in-shoe instrument for acquisition and storage of plantar pressure

    Creator:
    Noce, Heidi P.
    Abstract:
    A measurement system has been developed to continuously record pressure data between the sole of the foot and the shoe. Five force sensing resistors are mounted to an insole suitable for shoe insertion. The sensors are located at the heel, toe and under three metatarsal heads. Data from the sensors...
    Resource Type:
    Masters Thesis
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  • Efficacy of lateral heel wedge orthotics for the treatment of patients with knee osteoarthritis

    Creator:
    Wallace, David A.
    Abstract:
    Lateral heel wedge orthotics are designed to reduce medial tibiofemoral joint loading and pain in patients with knee osteoarthritis (OA). To date, the efficacy of long-term lateral heel wedge orthotics use among OA patients has not been determined. This study evaluated the extent to which lateral heel wedge orthotics reduced...
    Resource Type:
    Dissertation
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    enrollment. Each subject’s personal orthopedic physician read the radiographs and assigned the appropriate