Preliminary baropodometric analysis of young soccer players while walking: geometric morphometrics and comparative evaluation.
AIM: The plantar support and its modifications are widely studied because of their bearing on posture. In particular, past studies have focused on the support modification during specific athletic tasks to highlight the eventual correlations between foot type and the most frequent sport injuries, du...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Sports Medicine & Physical Fitness Vol. 52; no. 2; pp. 144 - 151 |
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| Formato: | pictorial research tables/charts Journal Article |
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Edizioni Minerva Medica
2012 Apr
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