Influence of a commercially available orthotic device on rearfoot eversion and vertical ground reaction force when running in military footwear

Military Medicine

Volumn 172, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 446-450

  Dixon, Sharon J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARMY; ARTICLE; GROUND REACTION FORCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MILITARY MEDICINE; NORMAL HUMAN; ORTHOTICS; RUNNING; SHOE; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 34247543513     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED.172.4.446     Document Type: Article

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