An unstable rocker-bottom shoe alters lower extremity biomechanics during level walking

Footwear Science

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 243-253

  Zhang, Songning ^a   Paquette, Maxime R ^a   Milner, Clare E ^a   Westlake, Carolyn ^a   Byrd, Erin ^a   Baumgartner, Lucas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

COP; EMG; gait; joint moment; rocker bottom shoe; unstable shoe

Indexed keywords

BIOPHYSICS; GAIT ANALYSIS; JOINTS (ANATOMY); KINEMATICS; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS; REACTION KINETICS;

BIOMECHANICAL DATA; CENTRE OF PRESSURE; GAIT; GROUND REACTION FORCES; JOINT MOMENT; ROCKER-BOTTOM SHOE; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR; UNSTABLE SHOE;

MUSCLE;

EID: 84869171258     PISSN: 19424280     EISSN: 19424299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19424280.2012.735258     Document Type: Article

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