Gait & Posture
Volume 26, Issue 2 , Pages 219-225 , July 2007

Effect of footwear on high and low arched runners’ mechanics during a prolonged run

  • Robert J. Butler

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physical Therapy, University of Evansville, 1800 Lincoln Avenue, Evansille, IN 47722, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 812 488 4062; fax: +1 812 488 2717.
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  • Joseph Hamill

      Affiliations

    • Department of Exercise Science, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003, USA
    • ,
  • Irene Davis

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physical Therapy, University of Delaware, Newark, DE 19716, USA
    • Drayer Physical Therapy Institute, Hummelstown, PA 17036, USA

Received 15 March 2006 ,Revised 31 August 2006 ,Accepted 10 September 2006.

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PII: S0966-6362(06)00193-7

doi: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2006.09.015

Gait & Posture
Volume 26, Issue 2 , Pages 219-225 , July 2007

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