The influence of shoe sole's varying thickness on lower limb muscle activity

Foot and Ankle Surgery

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 218-223

  Ramanathan, A K ^a   Parish, E J ^a   Arnold, G P ^a   Drew, T S ^a   Wang, W ^a   Abboud, R J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Electromyography; Lateral ligament injury; Muscle activity; Peroneus longus; Shoe sole thickness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANKLE LATERAL LIGAMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOOT PAD; FOOT SOLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEG MUSCLE; LIGAMENT INJURY; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PERONEUS MUSCLE; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SHOE; THICKNESS; TILTING;

ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOOT; HUMANS; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; SHOES;

EID: 82455192608     PISSN: 12687731     EISSN: 14609584     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fas.2010.07.003     Document Type: Article

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