The biomechanical effects of a new design of lateral wedge insole on the knee and ankle during walking

Human Movement Science

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 596-604

  Jones, Richard K ^a   Zhang, Min ^b   Laxton, Philip ^a   Findlow, Andrew H ^a   Liu, Anmin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY AFFILIATED SIXTH PEOPLE S HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Ankle eversion; Gait; Knee adduction moment; Lateral wedged insole

Indexed keywords

ADDUCTION; ADULT; ANKLE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; KINEMATICS; KNEE; KNEE FUNCTION; LATERAL WEDGED INSOLE; MALE; ORTHOPEDIC EQUIPMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SUBTALAR JOINT; WALKING;

3380; ANKLE EVERSION; GAIT; KNEE ADDUCTION MOMENT; LATERAL WEDGED INSOLE;

ADULT; ANKLE JOINT; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; FEMALE; FOOT ORTHOSES; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; KNEE JOINT; MALE; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; POSTURAL BALANCE; PRONATION; SHOES; WALKING; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 84880580919     PISSN: 01679457     EISSN: 18727646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.humov.2012.12.012     Document Type: Article

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