Footfall patterns during barefoot running on harder and softer surfaces

Footwear Science

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 39-44

  Gruber, Allison H ^a   Silvernail, Julia Freedman ^a   Brueggemann, Peter ^b   Rohr, Eric ^c   Hamill, Joseph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b GERMAN SPORT UNIVERSITY COLOGNE   (Germany)

^c Biomechanics Laboratory ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

barefoot running; footfall pattern selection; footfall patterns; footstrike; forefoot running; midfoot running; surfaces

Indexed keywords

SURFACES;

BAREFOOT RUNNING; FOOTFALL PATTERNS; FOOTSTRIKE; FOREFOOT RUNNING; MID-FOOT; PATTERN SELECTION;

BIOPHYSICS;

EID: 84874545003     PISSN: 19424280     EISSN: 19424299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19424280.2012.742141     Document Type: Article

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