Gait & Posture
Volume 31, Issue 1 , Pages 9-12 , January 2010

The effect of gait velocity on calcaneal balance at heel strike; Implications for orthotic prescription in injury prevention

  • Shivanthan Shanthikumar

      Affiliations

    • Centre for Health, Exercise and Sports Medicine, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria 3010, Australia
    • ,
  • Zi Low

      Affiliations

    • Centre for Health, Exercise and Sports Medicine, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria 3010, Australia
    • ,
  • Eanna Falvey

      Affiliations

    • Centre for Health, Exercise and Sports Medicine, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria 3010, Australia
    • ,
  • Paul McCrory

      Affiliations

    • Centre for Health, Exercise and Sports Medicine, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria 3010, Australia
    • ,
  • Andy Franklyn-Miller

      Affiliations

    • Centre for Health, Exercise and Sports Medicine, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria 3010, Australia
    • Defence Medical Rehabilitation Centre, Headley Court, Epsom, Surrey KT18 6JN, United Kingdom
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Defence Medical Rehabilitation Centre, Headley Court, Epsom, Surrey KT18 6JN, United Kingdom. Tel.: +44 1372378271; fax: +44 1372363056.

Received 2 February 2009 ,Revised 20 July 2009 ,Accepted 6 August 2009.

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PII: S0966-6362(09)00345-2

doi: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2009.08.003

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