Medical Engineering & Physics
Volume 26, Issue 8 , Pages 639-646 , October 2004

The effects of rocker sole and SACH heel on kinematics in gait

  • Wen-Lan Wu

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Biomedical Engineering, National Cheng Kung University, No. 1 Ta-Hsueh Road, Taiwan 701, Taiwan
    • Faculty of Sports Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Dieter Rosenbaum

      Affiliations

    • Movement Analysis Laboratory, Orthopaedic Department, University of Muenster, Muenster, Germany
    • ,
  • Fong-Chin Su

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Biomedical Engineering, National Cheng Kung University, No. 1 Ta-Hsueh Road, Taiwan 701, Taiwan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +886-6-2760665; fax: +886-6-2343270.

Received 6 June 2003 ,Revised 12 May 2004 ,Accepted 24 May 2004.

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PII: S1350-4533(04)00092-X

doi: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2004.05.003

Medical Engineering & Physics
Volume 26, Issue 8 , Pages 639-646 , October 2004

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