title: Effect of Heel Heights on Female Postural Control During Standing on a Dynamic Support Surface With Sinusoidal Oscillations.
abstract: The authors aimed to investigate female balance or stability control with comparative analysis of the center of pressure trajectory and plantar pressure distribution with different high-heeled shoes while standing on a dynamic surface with multidirectional perturbations. College females with at least 2 years' history of wearing high-heel shoes voluntarily participated in the test with a Novel Pedar insole (Novel, GmBH, Munich, Germany. With heels height increasing, the pressure time integral obviously transfer to the medial forefoot region, with center of pressure trajectory medially deviated significantly, either under anteroposterior or mediolateral perturbations. The passive plantarflexion position of ankle incurred by high heel increased the range of motion in the frontal plane but decreased ankle stability, thus increasing the challenge of body balance maintenance.
authors: a Faculty of Sports Science , Ningbo University , Ningbo , China.
authors: Dong
authors: D
authors: Sun
authors: a Faculty of Sports Science , Ningbo University , Ningbo , China.
authors: Yaodong
authors: Y
authors: Gu
authors: a Faculty of Sports Science , Ningbo University , Ningbo , China.
authors: Qichang
authors: Q
authors: Mei
authors: a Faculty of Sports Science , Ningbo University , Ningbo , China.
authors: Yanhao
authors: Y
authors: Shao
authors: a Faculty of Sports Science , Ningbo University , Ningbo , China.
authors: Jianjun
authors: J
authors: Sun
authors: b Auckland Bioengineering Institute, University of Auckland , Auckland , New Zealand.
authors: Justin
authors: J
authors: Fernandez
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000842:Ankle / Q000502:physiology*; D001696:Biomechanical Phenomena / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D033023:Foot Joints / Q000502:physiology*; D005545:Forefoot, Human / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D004856:Postural Balance / Q000502:physiology*; D016059:Range of Motion, Articular / Q000502:physiology*; D012775:Shoes; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: center of pressure trajectory; dynamic unstable surface; high-heeled shoes; stability and balance