Athletic footwear, leg stiffness, and running kinematics

Journal of Athletic Training

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 387-392

  Bishop, Mark ^a,d   Fiolkowski, Paul ^b   Conrad, Bryan ^a   Brunt, Denis ^c   Horodyski, MaryBeth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b Gemini Research Consulting Inc   (United States)

^c EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d HSC   (United States)

Author keywords

Gait; Hopping task; Shoes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETIC TRAINING EDUCATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOOT AMPUTATION; HUMAN; KINEMATICS; KNEE FUNCTION; MALE; MOTION ANALYSIS SYSTEM; MUSCLE STIFFNESS; NORMAL HUMAN; RUNNING; SHOE; TREADMILL EXERCISE;

EID: 34250003703     PISSN: 10626050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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