Medical Engineering & Physics
Volume 32, Issue 4 , Pages 324-331, May 2010

Effects of internal stress concentrations in plantar soft-tissue—A preliminary three-dimensional finite element analysis

  • Wen-Ming Chen

      Affiliations

    • Division of Bioengineering, Faculty of Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore
    • Equal contribution as first author.
  • ,
  • Taeyong Lee

      Affiliations

    • Division of Bioengineering, Faculty of Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore
    • Equal contribution as first author.
  • ,
  • Peter Vee-Sin Lee

      Affiliations

    • Department of Mechanical Engineering, Melbourne School of Engineering, University of Melbourne, Australia
  • ,
  • Jin Woo Lee

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Yonsei University, Republic of Korea
  • ,
  • Sung-Jae Lee

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Biomedical Science & Engineering, Inje University, 607 O-bang, Gimhae, Gyongnam, 621-749, Republic of Korea
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +82 55 320 3452; fax: +82 55 320 3292.

Received 26 October 2009; received in revised form 26 December 2009; accepted 6 January 2010. published online 01 February 2010.

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PII: S1350-4533(10)00002-0

doi:10.1016/j.medengphy.2010.01.001

Medical Engineering & Physics
Volume 32, Issue 4 , Pages 324-331, May 2010