The shoes provide strong support for the foot in our daily life. While different shoe design furnish the need of the user, height midsole shoe seems to be a modern trend of the youth. This study use five female subjects to examine the relationship of four shoe height (flat, 1.5, 3.0, and 4.5cm) and four walking speed (2.0, 3.5, 5.0mile/hr and the self determined speed). The kinematic variables of the lower extremities were observed by Peak Performance analysis system; and the kinetic variables of the plantar pressure were collected through the novel-pedar insole measuring system. When the height of the shoe increases, the findings were as follow: 1. The percentage of the stance and support phase of the walking cycle increases. 2. The range of motion of the knee joint decrease on self-determined walking speed. 3. The self-determined walking speed decreases. 4. The step frequency and step length decreases on self-determined walking speed. 5. The center of the pressure moves to internal plantar. (P<0.05) 6. The peak pressure of the heel (M01) decreases on self-determined walking speed. 7. The plantar pressure of the foot and peak pressure of the heel (M01) increases as the walking speed increase.
The shoes provide strong support for the foot in our daily life. While different shoe design furnish the need of the user, height midsole shoe seems to be a modern trend of the youth. This study use five female subjects to examine the relationship of four shoe height (flat, 1.5, 3.0, and 4.5cm) and four walking speed (2.0, 3.5, 5.0mile/hr and the self determined speed). The kinematic variables of the lower extremities were observed by Peak Performance analysis system; and the kinetic variables of the plantar pressure were collected through the novel-pedar insole measuring system. When the height of the shoe increases, the findings were as follow: 1. The percentage of the stance and support phase of the walking cycle increases. 2. The range of motion of the knee joint decrease on self-determined walking speed. 3. The self-determined walking speed decreases. 4. The step frequency and step length decreases on self-determined walking speed. 5. The center of the pressure moves to internal plantar. (P<0.05) 6. The peak pressure of the heel (M01) decreases on self-determined walking speed. 7. The plantar pressure of the foot and peak pressure of the heel (M01) increases as the walking speed increase.