Distribution of plantar pressure on the second metatarsal head during walking

Journal of the Formosan Medical Association

Volumn 103, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 540-545

  Hsi, Wei Li ^a   Kang, Jiunn Horng ^b   Lai, Jin Shin ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Adult; Body weight; Gait; Metatarsal bones; Walking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; FEMALE; FOOT; FOOT SOLE; FORCE TRANSDUCER; GAIT; GENDER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; METATARSAL BONE; NORMAL HUMAN; PREDICTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WALKING; WEIGHT BEARING;

ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; FOOT; HUMANS; MALE; METATARSAL BONES; PRESSURE; WALKING;

EID: 6344226810     PISSN: 09296646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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