Variations in Achilles tendon loading with heel lift intervention in heel-toe runners

Journal of Applied Biomechanics

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 321-331

  Dixon, Sharon J ^a   Kerwin, David G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Heel lift devices; Loading rate; Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)

Indexed keywords

BIOMARKERS; JOINTS (ANATOMY); MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SKIN; STATISTICAL METHODS; TENDONS;

RUNNING TRIALS;

BIOMECHANICS;

ACHILLES TENDON; ANKLE; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; DEVICE; FEMALE; FORCE; HEEL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RUNNING; TENDON INJURY; TOE; WEIGHT BEARING;

EID: 0036848908     PISSN: 10658483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/jab.18.4.321     Document Type: Article

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