Footwear and Foam Surface Alter Gait Initiation of Typical Subjects.

Gait initiation is the task commonly used to investigate the anticipatory postural adjustments necessary to begin a new gait cycle from the standing position. In this study, we analyzed whether and how foot-floor interface characteristics influence the gait initiation process. For this purpose, 25 u...

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Main Authors: Marcus Fraga Vieira, Isabel de Camargo Neves Sacco, Fernanda Grazielle da Silva Azevedo Nora, Dieter Rosenbaum, Paula Hentschel Lobo da Costa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4536224?pdf=render