User trial and insulation tests to determine whether shock-absorbing insoles are suitable for use by military recruits during training

Military Medicine

Volumn 169, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 741-746

  House, Carol M ^a   Dixon, Sharon J ^b   Allsopp, Adrian J ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF NAVAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARMY; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLD INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOOT INJURY; FOOT SOLE SUPPORT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MECHANICAL STRESS; NORMAL HUMAN; SHOCK; SHOE; WATER RETENTION; BIOENGINEERING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; ORTHOTICS; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESSURE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOLDIER; UNITED KINGDOM; WALKING;

BIOMECHANICS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; MILITARY PERSONNEL; ORTHOTIC DEVICES; PRESSURE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SHOES; WALKING;

EID: 16544392328     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED.169.9.741     Document Type: Article

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