Date Created
5-2019
Abstract
The purpose of the present investigation was to examine the influence of footwear on walking stability. Twenty healthy women walked at 1.3 m/s on an instrumented treadmill. One hundred steps (50-right, 50-left) were analyzed from two walking conditions (shod, unshod). The variability of the center of pressure (COP) for each step was calculated for quadrants of the contact period. Significant differences in variability were seen between shod and unshod conditions in all quadrants as well as differences between left and right feet in quadrants one and four. Restricted foot motion while shod may explain the differences seen in COP variability. This suggests footwear may provide a more stable walking base for “at-risk” populations from which they are less likely to fall than when barefoot.
Extent
62 pages
Local Identifiers
BarronsThesis19.pdf
Rights Statement
Copyright is held by the author.
Recommended Citation
Barrons, Zachary, "The Impact of Shod Versus Unshod Walking on Center of Pressure Variability" (2019). Master's Theses. 89.
https://digscholarship.unco.edu/theses/89