Clinical Biomechanics
Volume 22, Issue 1 , Pages 74-80 , January 2007

Forefoot–rearfoot coupling patterns and tibial internal rotation during stance phase of barefoot versus shod running

  • Mansour Eslami

      Affiliations

    • Department of Kinesiology, University of Montreal, Montreal, Que., Canada
    • Laboratoire d’Étude du Mouvement, Centre de Recherche, Hopital Sainte-Justine, P.O. Box 3175, Côte-Sainte-Catherine, Montreal, Que., Canada H3T 1C5
    • Department of Physical Education and Sport Sciences, University of Mazandaran, Iran
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Address: Laboratoire d’Étude du Mouvement, Centre de Recherche, Hopital Sainte-Justine, P.O. Box 3175, Côte-Sainte-Catherine, Montreal, Que., Canada H3T 1C5.
    • ,
  • Mickaël Begon

      Affiliations

    • Laboratoire de Mécanique des Solides, UMR 6610, Faculté des Sciences de l’Université de Poitiers SP2MI, Téléport 2, Boulevard Marie et Pierre Curie, BP 30179, 86962 Futuroscope, Chasseneuil Cedex, France
    • ,
  • Nader Farahpour

      Affiliations

    • Bu Ali Sina University, Hamedan, Iran
    • ,
  • Paul Allard

      Affiliations

    • Department of Kinesiology, University of Montreal, Montreal, Que., Canada
    • Laboratoire d’Étude du Mouvement, Centre de Recherche, Hopital Sainte-Justine, P.O. Box 3175, Côte-Sainte-Catherine, Montreal, Que., Canada H3T 1C5

Received 13 June 2006 ,Accepted 14 August 2006.

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PII: S0268-0033(06)00159-8

doi: 10.1016/j.clinbiomech.2006.08.002

Clinical Biomechanics
Volume 22, Issue 1 , Pages 74-80 , January 2007

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