Rocker bottom soles alter the postural response to backward translation during stance

Gait and Posture

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 45-49

  Albright, Bruce C ^a   Woodhull Smith, Whitney M ^a  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Diabetic peripheral neuropathy; Posture control; Rocker bottom soles; Stability

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTAL INJURY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC NEUROPATHY; FALLING; FEMALE; FOOT SOLE; GAIT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; ORTHOSIS; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROCKER BOTTOM SOLE; SHOE;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; DIABETIC FOOT; DIABETIC NEUROPATHIES; FEMALE; FOOT; GAIT; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POSTURAL BALANCE; PRESSURE; PROBABILITY; PROPRIOCEPTION; REFERENCE VALUES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHOES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67349186230     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2009.02.012     Document Type: Article

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