Effect of rocker shoe design features on forefoot plantar pressures in people with and without diabetes

Clinical Biomechanics

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 679-685

  Chapman, J D ^a   Preece, S ^a   Braunstein, B ^b   Hohne A ^b   Nester, C J ^a   Brueggemann, P ^b   Hutchins, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b GERMAN SPORT UNIVERSITY COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Diabetes; Footwear; Plantar pressure; Rocker shoe

Indexed keywords

ANATOMICAL REGIONS; DESIGN FEATURES; FLEXIBLE CONTROL; FOOTWEAR; HIGH-RISK PATIENTS; MAXIMUM PRESSURE; PLANTAR PRESSURES; ROCKER SHOE;

BIOPHYSICS; MEDICAL PROBLEMS;

DESIGN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CURVED ROCKER SHOE; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; FOOT SOLE; FOREFOOT; GROUP DYNAMICS; HALLUX; HEEL; HUMAN; MALE; METATARSOPHALANGEAL JOINT; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHOE; WALKING; WALKING SPEED;

DIABETES; FOOTWEAR; PLANTAR PRESSURE; ROCKER SHOE;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DIABETES MELLITUS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FOREFOOT, HUMAN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRESSURE; SHOES; WALKING;

EID: 84881115940     PISSN: 02680033     EISSN: 18791271     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiomech.2013.05.005     Document Type: Article

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