Gait & Posture
Volume 32, Issue 2 , Pages 215-219 , June 2010

Standing in an unstable shoe increases postural sway and muscle activity of selected smaller extrinsic foot muscles

  • Scott C. Landry

      Affiliations

    • Human Performance Laboratory, Faculty of Kinesiology, University of Calgary, 2500 University Drive N.W., Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2N 1N4
    • School of Recreation Management and Kinesiology, Acadia University, Wolfville, Nova Scotia, Canada B4P 2R6
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: School of Recreation Management and Kinesiology, Acadia University, Wolfville, Nova Scotia, Canada B4P 2R6. Tel.: +1 902 585 1286; fax: +1 902 585 1702.
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  • Benno M. Nigg

      Affiliations

    • Human Performance Laboratory, Faculty of Kinesiology, University of Calgary, 2500 University Drive N.W., Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2N 1N4
    • ,
  • Karelia E. Tecante

      Affiliations

    • Human Performance Laboratory, Faculty of Kinesiology, University of Calgary, 2500 University Drive N.W., Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2N 1N4

Received 15 December 2009 ,Revised 6 March 2010 ,Accepted 26 April 2010.

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PII: S0966-6362(10)00124-4

doi: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2010.04.018

Gait & Posture
Volume 32, Issue 2 , Pages 215-219 , June 2010

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