February 10, 2016

Today we met with our City As Our Campus mentor, Dr. Matt Caster, for the second time. Notes on our meeting with him can be found in the "City As Our Campus Mentor Info" tab. We discussed designing our brace to fit in the shoe, where to attach the hinges (in the center of the insole), creating a custom insole, and designing our elasticity function (an elastic band to attach to the calf section and hinge around the front, creating tension when the foot is back in order to pull it through).

Below are some useful links to understanding the gait cycle:
http://courses.washington.edu/anatomy/KinesiologySyllabus/GaitPhasesKineticsKinematics.pdf
http://www.oandplibrary.org/alp/chap13-01.asp