Hospital for Special Surgery

Can we redesign the snowboard boot to prevent Snowboarder's Ankle? 

Rapid Prototyping

Snowboarder's Ankle is a fracture of the lateral process of the talus mostly due to high vertical falls and heavy impact after landing an aerial maneuver or jump. In order to take precautions to Snowboarder's Ankle, this research project focused on seeing if we can redistribute pressure along the food by using custom insoles in a snowboard boot.
ROLE
Research Engineer

SKILLS​
Rapid prototyping
Mechanical design
User research
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TOOLS​
Foot pressure sensors
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Foot pressure sensor that is placed beneath the custom cork insoles to take pressure reading
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Calibrating foot sensor
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Custom cork insoles
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Experimental setup in a simulated scenario
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Experimental setup in a simulated scenario
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Foot pressure measurements on an inclined slope