Changes in temporal gait characteristics and pressure distribution for bare feet versus various heel heights

Gait and Posture

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 280-286

  Eisenhardt, Joanne R ^a   Cook, Deneen ^b   Pregler, Ingrid ^c   Foehl, Henry C ^a  

^a NEUMANN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NovaCare   (United States)

^c North American Rehab   (United States)

Author keywords

Gait; High heels; Pressure; Shoes; Stance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CALCANEUS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOOT; FOOT SOLE; GAIT; HEEL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; METATARSAL BONE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SHOE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WEIGHT BEARING;

EID: 10144220634     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0966-6362(95)01053-X     Document Type: Article

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