Plantar intrinsic foot muscle activation during functional exercises compared to isolated foot exercises in younger adults.
Training the plantar intrinsic foot muscles (PIFMs) has the potential to benefit patients with lower extremity musculoskeletal conditions as well as the aged population. Isolated foot exercises, often standard in clinical practice, are difficult to perform, whereas functional exercises are much easi...
| Publicado en: | Physiotherapy Theory & Practice Vol. 40; no. 8; pp. 1656 - 1669 |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Aug2024
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