Effects of a new unstable sandal construction on measures of postural control and muscle activity in women

Swiss Medical Weekly

Volumn 141, Issue APRIL, 2011, Pages

  Granacher, Urs ^a   Roth, Ralf ^b   Muehlbauer, Thomas ^a   Kressig, Reto W ^c   Laser, Thomas ^d   Steinbrueck, Klaus ^e  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^d Medical Review Institute   (Germany)

^e Hospital for Orthopaedics   (Germany)

Author keywords

Balance; Electromyography; Standing; Walking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BODY POSTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEG MUSCLE; LOCOMOTION; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NORMAL HUMAN; SHOE; STANDING; TREADMILL; UNSTEADINESS; WALKING; BIOMECHANICS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; SWITZERLAND;

ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; POSTURAL BALANCE; SHOES; SWITZERLAND; WALKING;

EID: 79955841531     PISSN: 14247860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4414/smw.2011.13182     Document Type: Article

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