Rocker-bottom, profile-type shoes do not increase lower extremity muscle activity or energy cost of walking

Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 2426-2431

  Santo, Antonio S ^a   Roper, Jenevieve L ^a   Dufek, Janet S ^a   Mercer, John A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

EMG; Footwear; Metabolic cost; Oxygen consumption; Shod

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEG; MALE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; SHOE; SKELETAL MUSCLE; WALKING;

ADULT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; SHOES; WALKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84866117690     PISSN: 10648011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1519/JSC.0b013e31823f8b71     Document Type: Article

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