Orthotic comfort is related to kinematics, kinetics, and EMG in recreational runners

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 35, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1710-1719

  Mündermann, Anne ^a   Nigg, Benno M ^b   Humble, R Neil ^b   Stefanyshyn, Darren J ^b  

^a Stanford University   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Custom molding; Foot orthoses; Muscle activity; Posting; Running

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; FOOT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KINEMATICS; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; ORTHOTICS; RUNNING; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEG; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; ORTHOTIC DEVICES; RUNNING; SHOES;

EID: 0141865667     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/01.MSS.0000089352.47259.CA     Document Type: Article

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