Lower extremity joint loading during level walking with Masai barefoot technology shoes in overweight males

Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 372-380

  Buchecker, M ^a,b   Wagner, H ^a,b   Pfusterschmied, J ^a,b   Stoggl T L ^a,b   Muller E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

^b INSTITUTE FOR MICROELECTRONICS   (Austria)

Author keywords

Body mass; Co contraction; Gait; Intervention; Osteoarthritis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANKLE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY MASS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HIP; HUMAN; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; KNEE; MALE; OBESITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SHOE; WALKING; WEIGHT BEARING;

ADULT; ANKLE JOINT; BIOMECHANICS; BODY MASS INDEX; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HIP JOINT; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MALE; OVERWEIGHT; QUESTIONNAIRES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SHOES; WALKING; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 84861420861     PISSN: 09057188     EISSN: 16000838     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0838.2010.01179.x     Document Type: Article

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