Effect of thong style flip-flops on children's barefoot walking and jogging kinematics

Journal of Foot and Ankle Research

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Chard, Angus ^a   Greene, Andrew ^a,b   Hunt, Adrienne ^a   Vanwanseele, Benedicte ^a,c   Smith, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b ANGLIA RUSKIN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c FONTYS UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

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EID: 84875283277     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17571146     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1757-1146-6-8     Document Type: Article

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