Preliminary Technical Feasibility of Integrating Auxetic Foam into Foot Orthoses for Diverse Neuropathic Etiologies: A Small-Scale Pilot Observation.

LaBreesha Batey, Enrique Jackson, Changchun Zeng, Selvum Pillay

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Article in Bioengineering (Basel, Switzerland), 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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Technical Feasibility of Custom-Fabricated Auxetic Foam Insoles for Plantar Pressure Redistribution: An Exploratory Pilot and Bootstrap Resampling Investigation.Materials (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026
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LaBreesha BateyDepartment of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, 1075 13th St S, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-3338-4197

Enrique JacksonMaterial Science Branch, George C. Marshall Space Flight Center, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 4631 Saturn RD, Huntsville, AL 35812, USA.

Changchun ZengDepartment of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, FAMU-FSU College of Engineering, Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University, 2525 Pottsdamer St., Tallahassee, FL 32310, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-0855-3497

Selvum PillayDepartment of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, 1075 13th St S, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA.

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NASA/MSFC 80NSSC20M0247

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Research into auxetic foams-materials with a negative Poisson's ratio- is expanding, yet their integration into orthotics for diverse neuropathic conditions remains largely unexplored. This pilot study evaluates the feasibility of fabricating custom auxetic foam insoles and characterizing vertical ground reaction force (vGRF) trends across a heterogeneous cohort. In collaboration with the NASA/Marshall Space Flight Center, six participants, including five representing varied neuropathic etiologies and one healthy control, performed randomized walking trials under three conditions: barefoot, over-the-counter (OTC) insoles, and custom auxetic prototypes. The healthy control was retained in the cohort-level analysis to preserve methodological symmetry across experimental conditions. To maintain physical rigor, vGRF data were mass-normalized (N/kg). A Friedman test (

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auxetic foamsbiomechanicsgaitground reaction forceshealth systems engineeringinsolesneuropathyorthoticsrehabilitation

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PMID42194287

DOI10.3390/bioengineering13050530

PMCPMC13203741

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