ArticleFrontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology2022
Design feature combinations effects of running shoe on plantar pressure during heel landing: A finite element analysis with Taguchi optimization approach.
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- Biomechanical effects of insole material stiffness on the human foot: a finite element analysis.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Analysis of midsole gait in running shoes with various 3d printed biomimetic structure.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- The impact of midsole hardness on joint angles and plantar loading during running at multiple running velocities.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- Effects of carbon-fiber plate design on foot stress injury risk: a finite element analysis.Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology · 2025Article
- The effect of personalized orthopedic insoles on plantar pressure during running in subtle cavus foot.Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology · 2024Article
- Analysis of Diabetic Foot Deformation and Plantar Pressure Distribution of Women at Different Walking Speeds.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- The biomechanical effects of insoles with different cushioning on the knee joints of people with different body mass index grades.Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology · 2023Article
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Abstract
Large and repeated impacts on the heel during running are among the primary reasons behind runners' injuries. Reducing plantar pressure can be conducive to reducing running injury and improving running performance and is primarily achieved by modifying the design parameters of running shoes. This study examines the effect of design parameters of running shoes (i.e., heel-cup, insole material, midsole material, and insole thickness) on landing peak plantar pressure and determines the combination of different parameters that optimize cushion effects by employing the Taguchi method. We developed the foot-shoe finite element (FE) model through reverse engineering. Model assembly with different design parameters was generated in accordance with the Taguchi method orthogonal table. The effectiveness of the model was verified using the static standing model in Ansys. The significance and contribution of different design parameters, and the optimal design to reduce plantar pressure during landing, were determined using the Taguchi method. In the descending order of percentage contribution was a conforming heel-cup (53.18%), insole material (25.89%), midsole material (7.81%), and insole thickness (2.69%). The more conforming heel-cup (
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