Influence of heel height and shoe insert on comfort perception and biomechanical performance of young female adults during walking

Foot and Ankle International

Volumn 26, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1042-1048

  Hong, Wei Hsien ^a,b   Lee, Yung Hui ^a,c   Chen, Hsieh Ching ^a,d   Pei, Yu Cheng ^a,e   Wu, Ching Yi ^a,f  

^a China Medical University ^*

^b CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^d CHAOYANG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^e CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^f CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Biomechanical Assessment; Comfort; High Heeled Shoes; Total Contact Insert

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOOT; FORCE; GAIT; HIGH HEELED SHOE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL STRESS; PLANTAR PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHOE; SHOE INSERT; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; WALKING;

EID: 29044450560     PISSN: 10711007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/107110070502601208     Document Type: Article

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