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Longitudinal study of foot pressures during real-world walking as infants develop from new to confident walkers (2021)
Journal Article
Price, C., Montagnani, E., Martinez Santos, A., Nester, C., & Morrison, S. (2022). Longitudinal study of foot pressures during real-world walking as infants develop from new to confident walkers. Gait & Posture, 92, 351-358. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gaitpost.2021.12.003

Background: Onset of walking in infants leads to regular cyclic loading of the plantar foot
surface for the first time. This is a critical period for evolving motor skills and foot structure
and function. Plantar pressure literature typically studi... Read More about Longitudinal study of foot pressures during real-world walking as infants develop from new to confident walkers.

Pedobarographic Statistical Parametric Mapping of plantar pressure data in new and confident walking infants : a preliminary analysis (2021)
Journal Article

In infancy, plantar pressure data during walking has been investigated through regional approaches, whilst the use pedobarographic Statistical Parametric Mapping (pSPM) has not been reported. Analysis of pressure data using pSPM is higher in resoluti... Read More about Pedobarographic Statistical Parametric Mapping of plantar pressure data in new and confident walking infants : a preliminary analysis.

Dynamic characteristics of foot development : a narrative synthesis of plantar pressure data during infancy and childhood (2021)
Journal Article

Purpose: Quantifying plantar pressure throughout childhood enables clinicians to enhance knowledge of typical changes in foot function. This narrative review aims to describe existing research reporting plantar pressure analysis in typically developi... Read More about Dynamic characteristics of foot development : a narrative synthesis of plantar pressure data during infancy and childhood.

Children should be seen and also heard : an explorative qualitative study into the influences on children’s choice of footwear, their perception of comfort and the language they use to describe footwear experiences (2021)
Journal Article

Background: Footwear has an essential role including protection of the feet, overall performance, foot health and potentially, supporting normal development of the foot. In addition to these physical aspects which may influence choice of footwear des... Read More about Children should be seen and also heard : an explorative qualitative study into the influences on children’s choice of footwear, their perception of comfort and the language they use to describe footwear experiences.

The comparison of foot clearance in novice and experienced independent walking using statistical parametric mapping (2021)
Presentation / Conference
Price, C., Morrison, S., & Nester, C. (2021, April). The comparison of foot clearance in novice and experienced independent walking using statistical parametric mapping. Presented at International Foot & Ankle Biomechanics Meeting, Online/Virtual

Methodology As part of a longitudinal study of gait development, 20 infants participated in two test sessions at walking milestones. Firstly, within 3 weeks of taking five independent steps (age 416±54 days) then again when they could walk in a confi... Read More about The comparison of foot clearance in novice and experienced independent walking using statistical parametric mapping.

Foot and footwear biomechanics and gait (2021)
Book Chapter
Price, C., Schmeltzpfenning, T., Nester, C., & Brauner, T. (2021). Foot and footwear biomechanics and gait. In A. Luximon (Ed.), Handbook of Footwear Design and Manufacture (Second Edition) (79-103). Woodhead Publishing (Elsevier). https://doi.org/10.1016/b978-0-12-821606-4.00013-2

To design functionally adequate footwear, an understanding of the dynamic biomechanical behavior of the foot during locomotion is necessary. Thus, this chapter characterizes biomechanical aspects of the foot during gait. Moreover, it provides the fun... Read More about Foot and footwear biomechanics and gait.