Clinical Biomechanics
Volume 15, Issue 1 , Pages 54-64 , January 2000

Effects of foot orthoses on skeletal motion during running

  • A Stacoff

      Affiliations

    • Human Performance Laboratory, The University of Calgary, Canada
    • Biomechanics Laboratory, Department of Materials, ETH Zürich, Waqistrasse 4, 8952 Schlieren, Switzerland
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author
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  • C Reinschmidt

      Affiliations

    • Human Performance Laboratory, The University of Calgary, Canada
    • Sulzer Orthopedics Ltd., Winterthur, Switzerland
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  • B.M Nigg

      Affiliations

    • Human Performance Laboratory, The University of Calgary, Canada
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  • A.J van den Bogert

      Affiliations

    • Human Performance Laboratory, The University of Calgary, Canada
    • Biomedical Engineering, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, USA
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  • A Lundberg

      Affiliations

    • Karolinska Institute, Department of Orthopaedics, University Hospital, Huddinge, Sweden
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  • J Denoth

      Affiliations

    • Biomechanics Laboratory, Department of Materials, ETH Zürich, Waqistrasse 4, 8952 Schlieren, Switzerland
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  • E Stüssi

      Affiliations

    • Biomechanics Laboratory, Department of Materials, ETH Zürich, Waqistrasse 4, 8952 Schlieren, Switzerland

Received 30 April 1998 ,Accepted 9 April 1999.

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