The effectiveness of shock-absorbing insoles during normal walking

Prosthetics and Orthotics International

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1988, Pages 91-95

  Johnson, G R ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; ORTHOSIS; SHOE; WALKING;

BIOMECHANICS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMAN; LOCOMOTION; ORTHOTIC DEVICES; SHOES; STRESS, MECHANICAL; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; TIBIA;

EID: 0023808395     PISSN: 03093646     EISSN: 17461553     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/03093648809078205     Document Type: Article

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