PM&R
Volume 1, Issue 12 , Pages 1058-1063 , December 2009

The Effect of Running Shoes on Lower Extremity Joint Torques

  • D. Casey Kerrigan, MD

      Affiliations

    • JKM Technologies LLC, 525 Rookwood Place, Charlottesville, VA 22903†
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: D.C.K.
    • ,
  • Jason R. Franz, MS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Integrative Physiology, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO‡
    • ,
  • Geoffrey S. Keenan, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA§
    • ,
  • Jay Dicharry, MPT

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
    • ,
  • Ugo Della Croce, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA; and Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Sassari, Italy∥
    • ,
  • Robert P. Wilder, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA#

Received 30 June 2009 ,Accepted 22 September 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.pmrj.2009.09.011

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