What's the difference between feet and footrest?

Feet


Definition:

  • (n. pl.) See Foot.
  • (n.) Fact; performance.
  • (pl. ) of Foot

Example Sentences:

  • (1) 7 right-handed male university students stood behind a large Plexiglas screen and spatially matched a ball projected over a distance of 20 feet.
  • (2) The Vatican spokesman said two of the 12 whose feet were washed were Muslim inmates.
  • (3) The present study includes six patients, (involving ten feet), who developed hallux varus and great toe clawing after McBride procedures were performed by various orthopedic surgeons.
  • (4) Often they were 3-0 up by then, but that is unlikely to be the case in the World Cup , and in 30 degrees we could be out on our feet after 20 minutes.
  • (5) The area occupied by parenchymal cells, in sections comprising the entire half of the surface of the carotid body, is significantly greater in people born and living at 14,350 feet than in those at sea level.
  • (6) Deformities of the foot were common, and twelve feet had been operated on for correction.
  • (7) Nonmetallic foreign bodies were embedded in cadaver feet.
  • (8) I was so tired I just used to fall asleep on my feet.
  • (9) Callosities under at least one metatarsophalangeal joint were noted in fifty (69 per cent) of the feet that had a physical examination.
  • (10) Although the majority of pigs had lesions in feet, or had dyschondroplastic changes typical of osteochondrosis in many growth cartilages, particularly physes, there were no significant differences in frequency of pigs with lesions between groups.
  • (11) A matter of minutes after his appointment was announced on Thursday, the newly minted minister for Portsmouth was on his feet answering questions in the Commons.
  • (12) His balancing pole swayed uncontrollably, nearly tapping the sides of his feet.
  • (13) Cabin altitudes ranged from sea level to 8,915 feet (2717 m).
  • (14) The authors have presented a forensic anthropology case that established positive identification by comparison of antemortem and postmortem x-rays of the legs and feet.
  • (15) This is a team who have found their feet after that winless group section, a side who have already seen off the much admired Croatia and who can ruffle the feathers of the hosts or the reigning world champions.
  • (16) He was looking down at his feet - and she realised he felt the shame, too.
  • (17) The presence of flat feet and excessive laxity of the joints, associated with the characteristic facies, macro-orchidism, and behavior, justifies a referral for developmental and genetic evaluation.
  • (18) Fifteen feet had a good and two had a poor correction of the deformity of the hind part of the foot, the result being directly related to the intraoperative correction of the equinus deformity.
  • (19) The findings showed that flat feet are usual in infants, common in children, and within the normal range of the observations made in adult feet.
  • (20) A case is presented where the bones of both hands and both feet exhibited bone metastases.

Footrest


Definition:

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Current footrests on wheelchairs are a major source of the problems during transfer.
  • (2) A group of eight subjects was used to investigate some factors (footrest, backrest, posture, muscle tension, vibration magnitude) that may affect the apparent mass of a person; a group of 60 subjects (24 men, 24 women and 12 children) was used to investigate variability between people.
  • (3) Footrests and railings have appeared at a number of intersections, allowing cyclists to wait for the light to change without the irritation of having to hop off the saddle or put a foot down.
  • (4) The new footrest lowers down to the ground and is operated by a footlever.
  • (5) Studies are described in which the footrests of hospital wheelchairs are assessed and improved in order to reduce the problems of patient transfer.
  • (6) Dynamic stability was tested by having subjects descend a 5 degree ramp, by gravity alone, from progressively farther up the ramp until a full forward tip occurred (footrests contacted the floor) when the wheelchair struck a 5-cm-high obstruction with sufficient speed.
  • (7) Experimental and control groups of students were examined by a conventional panoramic technique, with and without the addition of an inclined footrest.
  • (8) Elevating one or both footrests and adding one or two simulated casts each significantly reduced static forward stability.
  • (9) This study tests the hypothesis that counterweights on the wheelchair footrests significantly increase static rear stability.
  • (10) On a high-friction floor surface, 19 and 18 subjects (with and without casts) experienced full tips or yawing falls to the side of the elevated footrest.
  • (11) In addition to pilot work indicating the amount and positioning of effective counterweights, ten normal subjects were studied on a tilting platform in both lightweight and conventional wheelchairs, with and without a 5-kg weight on the footrests.
  • (12) Four different types of footrest were fitted to hospital ward chairs and three types to transit chairs; these were assessed and compared by hospital ward staff and porters respectively.
  • (13) With both footrests elevated, eight subjects tipped transiently, and 12 continued to tip until the footrests hit the floor.
  • (14) Results indicated that the inclined footrest reduced spinal-shadow artifacts and improved over-all image quality.
  • (15) A new approach to footrest design is described which solves these difficulties by using a footrest that lowers onto the floor.
  • (16) Readings of both normal force (perpendicular to the seat) and shear force were measured while the chair's back angle and footrest height were changed.
  • (17) It consists of a contoured seat, mounted on a modified wheelchair frame, with integral armrests, footrests and headrest.
  • (18) Elevating one footrest (with or without a cast) caused only transient tips.
  • (19) Pressure under the ischial tuberosities was also measured during the footrest height adjustments.
  • (20) An inclined footrest was evaluated as a positioning aid for dental panoramic radiography.

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