Effect of foot posture on the incidence of medial tibial stress syndrome

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 1995, Pages 800-803

  Sommer, Hillel M ^a   Vallentyne, Stephen W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dancers; Pronation; Shin splints; Supination; Valgus; Varus

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BODY POSTURE; DANCING; FEMALE; FOOT; HUMAN; LEG INJURY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; VALGUS DEFORMITY; VARUS DEFORMITY; WEIGHT BEARING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; CHRONIC DISEASE; CUMULATIVE TRAUMA DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PAIN; POSTURE; PRONATION; STRESS; SUPINATION; SYNDROME; TIBIA;

EID: 0029012024     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: 15300315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/00005768-199506000-00002     Document Type: Article

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