Biomechanical Analysis of Foot–Ankle Complex during Jogging with Rearfoot Strike versus Forefoot Strike

Table 1

Material properties and element types [1, 15, 16].

Component	Element type	Young’s modulus (MPa)	Poisson’s ratio
Bones	Tetrahedron	10,000	0.34
Cartilage	Tetrahedron	45	0.4
Ligaments	Truss	260	0.4
Plantar fascia	Truss	350	0.45
Soft tissue	Tetrahedron	0.7	0.4
Ground plate	Hexahedron	17,000	0.3