Gait & Posture
Volume 32, Issue 1 , Pages 1-5 , May 2010

Kinematic differences between normal and low arched feet in children using the Heidelberg foot measurement method

  • D. Twomey

      Affiliations

    • School of Safety Science, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales 2052, Australia
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author.
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  • A.S. McIntosh

      Affiliations

    • School of Safety Science, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales 2052, Australia
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  • J. Simon

      Affiliations

    • Interdisciplinary Centre for Scientific Computation, Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 368, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
    • Department of Orthopedics, University of Heidelberg, Schlierbacher Landstrasse 200a, 69118 Heidelberg, Germany
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  • K. Lowe

      Affiliations

    • Sydney Children's Hospital, Randwick, New South Wales 2031, Australia
    • ,
  • S.I. Wolf

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopedics, University of Heidelberg, Schlierbacher Landstrasse 200a, 69118 Heidelberg, Germany

Received 28 July 2008 ,Revised 25 January 2010 ,Accepted 25 January 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2010.01.021

Gait & Posture
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