Objectives: This paper is to study the gait of walking at different speeds and under different foot conditions (naked feet and high heels), and analyze the biomechanics difference of different foot conditions and walking speed on lower limbs,so as to provide experimental reference for the study of high heel gait.
Methods: 23 female subjects from Beijing Normal University were selected. The average age of the subjects was 22.7±4.5 years old,the average height was 163.6±3.8 cm, and the average weight was 56.1±11.9 kg. Before the experiment, Mark was pasted for the subjects, shoe size was selected,orther related indexes were measured , and the subjects were led to be familiar with the experiment plan, experiment process and matters requiring attention; in the experiment, subjects were asked to walk with naked feet and 7cm high heels at three beats of 90bpm, 125bpm and 160bpm, and data were collected during the walking process.The BTS infrared motion capture system of the Sports biomechanics Laboratory of our university was used as the experimental instrument to capture movement,3 Kistler force tables are used to collect ground reaction forces in motion. After the experiment, the Anybody 7.2 simulation software is used to analyse the collected data. After obtaining the lower limb biomechanics simulation data, the SPSS 27.0 software is used for statistical analysis of the data.
Results:
(1) Wearing high heels or increasing speed has significant difference on the percentage position of the gait cycle where the joint force peak is located.
(2) Joint moment: a. Compared with barefoot walking, walking with high heels significantly increased the peak moment of hip flexion and the peak moment of knee flexion; the peak of ankle plantar flexion moment was significantly reduced. b. The peak of hip joint abduction moment, hip joint external rotation moment, hip joint flexion moment and knee joint flexion moment all increased significantly with the increase of walking speed. c. There is no interaction effect between the two independent variables of different speed and different foot conditions on the peak joint torque.
(3) Muscle strength: a. Compared with walking with bare feet, walking with high heels significantly reduced the peak muscle strength of soleus, gastrocnemius and tibialis anterior muscles (P<0.05). Significantly increased the peak muscle strength of gluteus maximus, tensor fascia lata, gracilis, adductor longus, adductor magnus, adductor short, inferior twin, superior twin, external obturator muscle, pubosus, popliteus, quadratus femoris, extensor digitorum longus, vastus lateralis, vastus medius and vastus intermedius (P<0.05). There was no significant effect on the peak strength of gluteus minimus, gluteus medius, piriformis, internal obturator muscle, peroneus longus, peroneus brevis, rectus femoris, biceps femoris, sartorius and ilius muscle. b. The peak muscle strength of tensor fascia lata, gemellus inferior,gemellus superior, extensor toe muscle,pectineus muscle, peroneus longus muscle, peroneus brevis muscle, gastrocnemius muscle, tibialis anterior muscle, sartorius muscle and ilius muscle was not significantly affected by the increase of speed,but speed has a significant effect on other muscles, and the peak strength of these muscles increased significantly with the increase of speed.
(4) Ground reaction force: a. The peak values of ground reaction force components in the three directions (X, Y, Z axis) are significantly different at different speeds (P<0.05). b. There is no significant difference in the peak value of the ground reaction force in the triaxial direction under different foot conditions, and there is no interaction effect between speed and foot conditions.
Conclusions:
(1) For women who have the need to walk slowly or fast in high heels in daily life, should further strengthen the hip muscle group, calf muscle exercise, and increase the ankle dorsiflexion training.
(2) The effect of walking with high heels on the sagittal plane of hip joint, knee joint and ankle joint is mainly manifested as increasing the flexion moment of hip joint and knee joint and reducing the plantar flexion moment of ankle joint.
(3) Compared with barefoot walking, walking in high heels has a significant effect on the peak muscle strength of most muscles, and the peak muscle strength of most muscles was higher in the case of wearing high heels, while the peak muscle strength of gastrocnemius, tibialis anterior muscle and soleus muscle was smaller in the case of wearing high heels.
(4) In the condition of naked feet or wearing high heels, with the increase of walking speed, the peak strength of most of the muscles of the lower limbs increased. and the peaks of hip abduction moment, hip external rotation moment, hip flexion moment and knee joint flexion moment also increased. Speed had no significant influence on the peak of ankle plantar flexion moment and the peak of subtalar valgus moment.