Gait & Posture
Volume 31, Issue 1 , Pages 18-22 , January 2010

Effect of shoe type on plantar pressure: A gender comparison

  • Robin M. Queen

      Affiliations

    • Michael Krzyzewski Human Performance Laboratory, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA
    • Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: 102 Finch Yeager Building – DUMC 3435, Durham, NC 27710, USA. Tel.: +1 919 684 1853; fax: +1 919 681 7067.
    • ,
  • Alicia N. Abbey

      Affiliations

    • Michael Krzyzewski Human Performance Laboratory, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA
    • Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA
    • ,
  • Johannes I. Wiegerinck

      Affiliations

    • Michael Krzyzewski Human Performance Laboratory, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA
    • Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands
    • ,
  • Jordan C. Yoder

      Affiliations

    • Michael Krzyzewski Human Performance Laboratory, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA
    • Pratt School of Engineering, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA
    • ,
  • James A. Nunley

      Affiliations

    • Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA

Received 16 July 2009 ,Accepted 18 August 2009.

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PII: S0966-6362(09)00583-9

doi: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2009.08.235

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