Chinese Journal of Tissue Engineering Research ›› 2016, Vol. 20 ›› Issue (49): 7349-.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.2095-4344.2016.49.008

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Walking gait characteristics of adult women with different body mass indexes wearing different height heels

Yan Hong-guang   

  1. Sport Science School of Shenyang Sport University, Shenyang 110101, Liaoning Province, China
  • Received:2016-09-02 Online:2016-11-30 Published:2016-11-30
  • About author:Yan Hong-guang, Master, Professor, Sport Science School of Shenyang Sport University, Shenyang 110101, Liaoning Province, China
  • Supported by:

    the Subject of Department of Education of Liaoning Province, No. L2013441

Abstract:

BACKGROUND: Women who wear high heels often feel discomfort that will become a potential killer; therefore, it is impending to figure out how the heel height affecting walking gait features and the biomechanics mechanism.
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the walking gait features of adult women with different body mass indexes wearing different height heels.
METHODS: Based on the body mass index, 20 adult women were divided into two groups: overweight and criterion groups. The walking gait features when they in flat shoes or in different height high heels were detected using three-dimensional video analysis system and plantar pressure test system, and kinematics and kinetic parameters were collected.
RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: (1) Walking gait characteristics were normal when overweight subjects (24 kg/m2 ≤ body mass index < 28 kg/m2) in high heels with height lower than 5.3 cm; for criterion subjects (18.5 kg/m2 ≤ body mass index < 24 kg/m2, the heels height should be lower than 6.5 cm. The obviously abnormal walking gait features were visible in 8.5 cm high heels in the two groups. (2) The peak pressure intensity of the first, second and third metatarsal bones increased with heel height increasing, while the fifth metatarsal bone peak pressure showed a negative correlation with the height.

 

Key words: Body Mass Index, Shoes, Gait, Female, Tissue Engineering

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