Running barefoot or in minimalist shoes: Evidence or conjecture?

Strength and Conditioning Journal

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 8-17

  Rothschild, Carey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Barefoot running; Minimalist shoe; Running training; Shod running

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863645857     PISSN: 15241602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1519/SSC.0b013e318241b15e     Document Type: Review

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