Kirby K A
Department of Podiatric Biomechanics, California College of Podiatric Medicine, Sacramento, California, USA.
Clin Podiatr Med Surg. 2001 Oct;18(4):719-23, vii.
With researchers from many scientific and medical disciplines currently devoting countless hours trying to solve the mechanical mysteries of the foot, it is important that the proper direction for research be established. The author of this article believes that one of the most important directions in podiatric biomechanics will focus on the development of accurate models of the human foot and lower extremity. Accurate models will be useful because they provide relatively accurate predictions of the magnitudes of loading forces that occur in the structural component of the human foot and lower extremity during weight-bearing activities. From its beginnings in the early 1960s, podiatric biomechanics has developed from a fledgling collection of thoughts and observations from Merton Root and his colleagues to an internationally recognized clinical science with numerous researchers, past and present, contributing to its growing base of knowledge. With an emphasis on accurate modeling of the foot and lower extremity to allow better prediction of the internal forces that create pathologic conditions during weight-bearing activities, podiatric biomechanics will continue to provide valuable insight into many of the painful syndromes that plague children and adults of the world.
目前，来自许多科学和医学学科的研究人员投入了无数时间试图解开足部的力学奥秘，因此确立正确的研究方向至关重要。本文作者认为，足病生物力学最重要的方向之一将聚焦于建立准确的人体足部和下肢模型。准确的模型将很有用，因为它们能相对准确地预测在负重活动期间人体足部和下肢结构部件中出现的负荷力大小。从20世纪60年代初起步以来，足病生物力学已从默顿·鲁特及其同事最初零散的想法和观察发展成为一门国际公认的临床科学，过去和现在都有众多研究人员为其不断增长的知识基础做出贡献。由于强调对足部和下肢进行准确建模，以便更好地预测在负重活动期间产生病理状况的内力，足病生物力学将继续为困扰世界各地儿童和成人的许多疼痛综合征提供有价值的见解。
