Clinical Biomechanics
Volume 24, Issue 4 , Pages 391-396 , May 2009

Dynamic plantar pressure parameters associated with static arch height index during gait

  • Deydre S. Teyhen

      Affiliations

    • US Army-Baylor University Doctoral Program in Physical Therapy, ATTN: MCCS-HGE-PT (MAJ Deydre Teyhen), 3151 Scott Road, Room 1303, Fort Sam Houston, TX 78234-6138, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author.
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  • Brian E. Stoltenberg

      Affiliations

    • US Army-Baylor University Doctoral Program in Physical Therapy, ATTN: MCCS-HGE-PT (MAJ Deydre Teyhen), 3151 Scott Road, Room 1303, Fort Sam Houston, TX 78234-6138, USA
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  • Keith M. Collinsworth

      Affiliations

    • US Army-Baylor University Doctoral Program in Physical Therapy, ATTN: MCCS-HGE-PT (MAJ Deydre Teyhen), 3151 Scott Road, Room 1303, Fort Sam Houston, TX 78234-6138, USA
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  • Crystal L. Giesel

      Affiliations

    • US Army-Baylor University Doctoral Program in Physical Therapy, ATTN: MCCS-HGE-PT (MAJ Deydre Teyhen), 3151 Scott Road, Room 1303, Fort Sam Houston, TX 78234-6138, USA
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  • Drew G. Williams

      Affiliations

    • US Army-Baylor University Doctoral Program in Physical Therapy, ATTN: MCCS-HGE-PT (MAJ Deydre Teyhen), 3151 Scott Road, Room 1303, Fort Sam Houston, TX 78234-6138, USA
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  • Cryus H. Kardouni

      Affiliations

    • US Army-Baylor University Doctoral Program in Physical Therapy, ATTN: MCCS-HGE-PT (MAJ Deydre Teyhen), 3151 Scott Road, Room 1303, Fort Sam Houston, TX 78234-6138, USA
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  • Joseph M. Molloy

      Affiliations

    • US Army-Baylor University Doctoral Program in Physical Therapy, ATTN: MCCS-HGE-PT (MAJ Deydre Teyhen), 3151 Scott Road, Room 1303, Fort Sam Houston, TX 78234-6138, USA
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  • Stephen L. Goffar

      Affiliations

    • US Army-Baylor University Doctoral Program in Physical Therapy, ATTN: MCCS-HGE-PT (MAJ Deydre Teyhen), 3151 Scott Road, Room 1303, Fort Sam Houston, TX 78234-6138, USA
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  • Douglas S. Christie

      Affiliations

    • US Army-Baylor University Doctoral Program in Physical Therapy, ATTN: MCCS-HGE-PT (MAJ Deydre Teyhen), 3151 Scott Road, Room 1303, Fort Sam Houston, TX 78234-6138, USA
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  • Thomas McPoil

      Affiliations

    • Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ, USA

Received 22 August 2008 ,Accepted 14 January 2009.

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☆ Brooke Army Medical Center Institutional Review Board approved the protocol for this study. The opinions or assertions contained here in are the private views of the authors and are not to be construed as official or as reflecting the views of the Departments of the Army or Defense.

PII: S0268-0033(09)00019-9

doi: 10.1016/j.clinbiomech.2009.01.006

Clinical Biomechanics
Volume 24, Issue 4 , Pages 391-396 , May 2009

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