Increased shoe sole hardness results in compensatory changes in the utilized coefficient of friction during walking

Gait and Posture

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 303-306

  Tsai, Yi Ju ^a   Powers, Christopher M ^b  

^a CHIA NAN UNIVERSITY OF PHARMACY AND SCIENCE   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Center of mass; Footwear; Gait; Sole hardness; Utilized coefficient of friction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRICTION; GAIT; GROUND REACTION FORCE; HARDNESS; HUMAN; KINEMATICS; LEG MOVEMENT; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHOE; WALKING; WALKING SPEED;

ACCELERATION; ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; FRICTION; HARDNESS; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; SHOES; SURFACE PROPERTIES; WALKING;

EID: 68349139709     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2009.05.019     Document Type: Article

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