形式和功能:更强的脚和更短的高跟鞋与更好的步行表现有关
Ross E Smith1, Aubrey Gray1, Stephanie Gomez-Palacios1
1Biomedical Engineering, UNC Chapel Hill and NC State University, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
Journal of applied biomechanics
|January 22, 2026
概括
较强的脚曲器可以提高步行耐力,而较短的高跟鞋与成年人更快的步行速度相关. 这些足部特征是提高步行表现和移动性的关键.
科学领域:
- 生物力学 生物力学
- 人类的机动运动
- 脚的解剖学 脚的解剖学
背景情况:
- 人类脚的结构对于有效的双脚行走至关重要.
- 通过足力的经济向前推进可以提高步行速度和耐力.
- 特定的脚部特征与步行表现之间的联系尚未得到充分理解.
研究的目的:
- 调查脚部神经机械和人类学特征与步行表现 (偏好的步行速度和步行耐力) 之间的关联.
- 为了确定影响年轻成年人的步行表现的特定脚部特征.
主要方法:
- 评估的神经机械特征: flexor digitorum brevis 肌肉活动和厚度,以及脚 flexor 的强度.
- 测量的人类特征:脚跟长度 (脚长度) 和脚长度.
- 使用首选的步行速度和步行耐力6分钟步行测试来评估步行表现.
主要成果:
- 较强的脚曲器与更大的行走耐力显著相关 (r = .641,P = .010).
- 较短的脚跟 () 长度与更快的偏好步行速度显著相关 (r = -.527,P = .044).
结论:
- 脚曲器的强度通过提高推进能力来增强行走的耐力.
- 较短的鞋跟长度可以优化肌力学,使步行更快.
- 这些发现表明,干预措施的潜在目标是改善步行障碍患者的步行.
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