Barefoot running and walking: The pros and cons based on current evidence

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 121, Issue 1272, 2008, Pages

  Rome, Keith ^a   Hancock, Dene ^a   Poratt, Dniel ^a  

^a AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTHRITIS; AUSTRALIA; BIOMECHANICS; CHILD; DIABETES MELLITUS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EUROPE; FLATFOOT; FOOT; FOOT INJURY; FOOT PAIN; FOOT ULCER; GERMANY; GRASS; HALLUX VALGUS; HUMAN; IRELAND; LETTER; LIFESTYLE; MEAL; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PODIATRY; PREVALENCE; RACE; RISK FACTOR; RUNNING; RURAL AREA; SAND; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SHOE; SLEEP; SURFACE PROPERTY; WALKING; ADOLESCENT; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FLATFOOT; FOOT INJURIES; HUMANS; RUNNING; SHOES; WALKING;

EID: 42949128143     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11758716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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