Orthotic control of rear foot and lower limb motion during running in participants with chronic Achilles tendon injury

Sports Biomechanics

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 194-205

  Donoghue, Orna A ^a,b   Harrison, Andrew J ^b   Laxton, Philip ^c   Jones, Richard K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Eversion; In shoe devices; Kinematics; Lower limb

Indexed keywords

ACHILLES TENDON; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; GAIT; HUMAN; INJURY; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOTICS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSIOLOGY; RUNNING;

ACHILLES TENDON; ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; GAIT; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOTIC DEVICES; PATIENT SATISFACTION; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RUNNING;

EID: 50249157477     PISSN: 14763141     EISSN: 17526116     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14763140701841407     Document Type: Article

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