Tape that increases medial longitudinal arch height also reduces leg muscle activity: A preliminary study

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 593-600

  Franettovich, Melinda ^a,b   Chapman, Andrew ^a,b   Vicenzino, Bill ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF SPORT   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Electromyography; Foot; Gait; Posture; Pronation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; FOOT; FOOT ARCH; GAIT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEG MUSCLE; MALE; MEDIAL LONGITUDINAL ARCH; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PERONEUS MUSCLE; SURGICAL TAPE; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE; TIBIALIS POSTERIOR MUSCLE; TREADMILL EXERCISE; WALKING;

ADULT; ANKLE; BANDAGES; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; FOOT; GAIT; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PILOT PROJECTS; POSTURE; PRONATION; WALKING; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 40949135321     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: 15300315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/MSS.0b013e318162134f     Document Type: Article

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