A consensus definition and rating scale for minimalist shoes

Journal of Foot and Ankle Research

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Esculier, Jean Francois ^a,b,c   Dubois, Blaise ^a,c   Dionne, Clermont E ^a,d   Leblond, Jean ^b   Roy, Jean Sébastien ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b CENTER FOR INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH IN REHABILITATION AND SOCIAL INTEGRATION   (Canada)

^c Running Clinic Canada   (Canada)

^d LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Consensus statement; Delphi; Foot; Footwear; Reliability; Running; Running injuries; Validity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84939476195     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17571146     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13047-015-0094-5     Document Type: Article

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