Forefoot strikers exhibit lower running-induced knee loading than rearfoot strikers

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 45, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 2306-2313

  Kulmala, Juha Pekka ^a,b,c   Avela, Janne ^a   Pasanen, Kati ^b   Parkkari, Jari ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^b UKK INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH PROMOTION RESEARCH   (Finland)

^c LAPPEENRANTA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Achilles Tendon Force; Forefoot Strike; Knee Moment; Patellofemoral Stress; Rearfoot Strike; Running

Indexed keywords

ACHILLES TENDON; ADOLESCENT; ANKLE; ANKLE INJURY; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOOT; HUMAN; INJURY; MECHANICAL STRESS; PATELLOFEMORAL JOINT; PHYSIOLOGY; RUNNING; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; WEIGHT BEARING; YOUNG ADULT;

ACHILLES TENDON; ADOLESCENT; ANKLE INJURIES; ANKLE JOINT; FEMALE; FOOT; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; PATELLOFEMORAL JOINT; RUNNING; STRESS, MECHANICAL; WEIGHT-BEARING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84888204521     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: 15300315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/MSS.0b013e31829efcf7     Document Type: Article

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