The effect of comments about shoe construction on impact forces during walking

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 1258-1264

  McCaw, Steven T ^a   Heil, Mark E ^b   Hamill, Joseph ^b  

^a ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Cushioning; Deception; Expectation; Females; Footwear; Gait; Ground reaction forces; Impact; Placebo effect

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR PERFORMANCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; OSTEOARTHRITIS; SHOE; WALKING;

EID: 0033927767     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005768-200007000-00012     Document Type: Article

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