Can footwear affect achilles tendon loading?

Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 344-349

  Rowson, Steven ^a   McNally, Craig ^a   Duma, Stefan M ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

dorsiflexion; force; injury; rupture; shoes; tendinopathy

Indexed keywords

ACHILLES REFLEX; ACHILLES TENDON; ACHILLES TENDON RUPTURE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; CADAVER; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOOT; HUMAN; LABORATORY; LEG; LIMB MOVEMENT; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGE OF MOTION; SHOE;

ACHILLES TENDON; AGED; BIOMECHANICS; CADAVER; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SHOES; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 77957252860     PISSN: 1050642X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JSM.0b013e3181ed7e50     Document Type: Article

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