Increased forefoot loading is associated with an increased plantar flexion moment

Human Movement Science

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 785-793

  Melai, Tom ^a,b   Schaper, Nicolaas C ^b   IJzerman, T Herman ^b   de Lange, Ton L H ^a   Willems, Paul J B ^b   Meijer, Kenneth ^b   Lieverse, Aloysius G ^c   Savelberg, Hans H C M ^b  

^a FONTYS UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c MÁXIMA MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Diabetes; Gait analysis; Lower extremity; Plantar pressure; Polyneuropathy; Pressure time integral

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANKLE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETIC PATIENT; FEMALE; FORCE; FOREFOOT; GAIT; HUMAN; LEG MOVEMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PLANTAR FLEXION MOMENT; PLANTAR PRESSURE; POLYNEUROPATHY; PRESSURE; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; STANDING; VELOCITY;

3380; DIABETES; GAIT ANALYSIS; LOWER EXTREMITY; PLANTAR PRESSURE; POLYNEUROPATHY; PRESSURE TIME INTEGRAL;

ACCELERATION; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANKLE JOINT; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; DIABETIC NEUROPATHIES; FEMALE; FOREFOOT, HUMAN; GAIT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTURAL BALANCE; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; REACTION TIME; REFERENCE VALUES; WALKING; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 84884286609     PISSN: 01679457     EISSN: 18727646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.humov.2013.05.001     Document Type: Article

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