Long distance running increases plantar pressures beneath the metatarsal heads. A barefoot walking investigation of 200 marathon runners

Gait and Posture

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 152-155

  Nagel, Arne ^a   Fernholz, Frauke ^a   Kibele, Carolin ^a   Rosenbaum, Dieter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Foot loading; Marathon; Metatarsal stress fractures; Pedobarography; Running

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FOREFOOT; HUMAN; LOAD CARRYING CAPACITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARATHON RUNNER; METATARSAL BONE; NORMAL HUMAN; PLANTARIS MUSCLE; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUNNING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TOE; WALKING;

ADULT; FEMALE; FOOT; FOREFOOT, HUMAN; GAIT; HEEL; HUMANS; MALE; METATARSAL BONES; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; PRESSURE; RUNNING; TOE PHALANGES; WALKING; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 37049009911     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2006.12.012     Document Type: Article

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