Acute effects of barefoot, minimal shoes and running shoes on lower limb mechanics in rear and forefoot strike runners

Footwear Science

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 9-18

  Paquette, Max Robert ^a   Zhang, Songning ^a   Baumgartner, Lucas Dahl ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

ankle; Barefoot; knee; minimal shoes; running

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; BIOPHYSICS; REACTION KINETICS;

ANKLE; BAREFOOT; KNEE; MINIMAL SHOES; RUNNING;

JOINTS (ANATOMY);

EID: 84874522579     PISSN: 19424280     EISSN: 19424299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19424280.2012.692724     Document Type: Article

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