Foot pronation is not associated with increased injury risk in novice runners wearing a neutral shoe: A 1-year prospective cohort study

British Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 440-447

  Nielsen, Rasmus Oestergaard ^a,b   Buist, Ida ^c   Parner, Erik Thorlund ^a   Nohr, Ellen Aagaard ^a   Sørensen, Henrik ^a   Lind, Martin ^d   Rasmussen, Sten ^b  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b AALBORG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^d AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; FEMALE; FOOT; GAIT; HUMAN; INJURY; LEG; LOWER EXTREMITY INJURIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; RUNNING; RUNNING SHOES; SHOE; YOUNG ADULT;

GAIT ANALYSIS; INJURY PREVENTION; LOWER EXTREMITY INJURIES; RUNNING; RUNNING SHOES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BACK INJURIES; FEMALE; FOOT; HUMANS; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRONATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; RUNNING; SHOES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84896404081     PISSN: 03063674     EISSN: 14730480     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjsports-2013-092202     Document Type: Article

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