Does footwear type impact the number of steps required to reach gait steady state?: An innovative look at the impact of foot orthoses on gait initiation

Gait and Posture

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 29-33

  Najafi, Bijan ^a   Miller, Daniel ^a   Jarrett, Beth D ^a   Wrobel, James S ^a  

^a ROSALIND FRANKLIN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

Gait; Orthotic devices; Outcome assessment (health care)

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOOT ORTHOSIS; GAIT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEADY STATE; WALKING SPEED; ALGORITHM; LOCOMOTION; ORTHOSIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PILOT STUDY; SHOE; WALKING;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; LOCOMOTION; MALE; ORTHOTIC DEVICES; PILOT PROJECTS; POSTURAL BALANCE; SHOES; WALKING;

EID: 77953520725     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2010.02.016     Document Type: Article

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