The influence of heel height on lower extremity kinematics and leg muscle activity during gait in young and middle-aged women

Gait and Posture

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 677-680

  Mika, Anna ^a   Oleksy, Łukasz ^a,b   Mika, Piotr ^a   Marchewka, Anna ^a   Clark, Brian C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION   (Poland)

^b Zen Machines Poland ^*  (Poland)

^c OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Gait; Heel shoes; Lower extremity kinematics; Muscle; Surface electromyography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANKLE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GAIT; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; GROUND REACTION FORCE; HEEL; HIP; HUMAN; KINEMATICS; KNEE FUNCTION; LEG MUSCLE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FATIGUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGE OF MOTION; REPETITIVE STRAIN INJURY; SHOE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANKLE JOINT; BIOMECHANICS; BODY HEIGHT; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; LOWER EXTREMITY; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHOES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84859212677     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: 18792219     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2011.12.001     Document Type: Article

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