Difference in plantar pressure between the preferred and non-preferred feet in four soccer-related movements

British Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 84-92

  Wong, Pui Lam ^a   Chamari, Karim ^b   Chaouachi, Anis ^b   De, Wei Mao ^c   Wisløff, Ulrik ^d   Hong, Youlian ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b NATIONAL CENTER OF MEDICINE AND SCIENCE IN SPORTS CNMSS   (Tunisia)

^c Shandong Sport University   (China)

^d NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MOVEMENT; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JUMPING; LEG MOVEMENT; MALE; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; PLANTARIS MUSCLE; RUNNING; SENSOR; SHOE; SPORT;

ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; FOOT; FOOT INJURIES; HUMANS; MALE; PRESSURE; SHOES; SOCCER; SPORTS EQUIPMENT;

EID: 33847149592     PISSN: 03063674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjsm.2006.030908     Document Type: Article

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