Effects of long-term wearing of high-heeled shoes on the control of the body's center of mass motion in relation to the center of pressure during walking

Gait and Posture

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1045-1050

  Chien, Hui Lien ^a   Lu, Tung Wu ^a,b   Liu, Ming Wei ^c  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c TAIWAN ADVENTIST HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Balance; Gait; Habitual; High heels; Inclination angle

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANKLE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY MOVEMENT; BODY POSTURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLEXOR MUSCLE; GAIT; GROUND REACTION FORCE; HEEL; HIP; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JOINT; KINEMATICS; NORMAL HUMAN; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHOE; WALKING; YOUNG ADULT;

BALANCE; GAIT; HABITUAL; HIGH HEELS; INCLINATION ANGLE;

ADULT; ANKLE JOINT; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; POSTURAL BALANCE; SHOES; WALKING;

EID: 84897113339     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: 18792219     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2014.01.007     Document Type: Article

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