Analysis of gait differences in healthy runners and runners with chronic Achilles tendon complaints

Isokinetics and Exercise Science

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 111-116

  Baur, Heiner ^a,c   Divert, Caroline ^b   Hirschmüller, Anja ^a   Müller, Steffen ^a   Belli, Alain ^b   Mayer, Frank ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITÉ JEAN MONNET   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Barefoot and shod running; Electromyography; Gait analysis; Ground reaction forces; Overuse injury; Plantar pressure distribution

Indexed keywords

ACHILLES TENDON; ADULT; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; GAIT; HUMAN; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); MUSCLE FORCE; REPETITIVE STRAIN INJURY; RUNNING; SHOE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TREADMILL;

EID: 3242772862     PISSN: 09593020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/ies-2004-0161     Document Type: Article

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