Does shoe heel design influence ground reaction forces and knee moments during maximum lunges in elite and intermediate badminton players?

BACKGROUND:Lunge is one frequently executed movement in badminton and involves a unique sagittal footstrike angle of more than 40 degrees at initial ground contact compared with other manoeuvres. This study examined if the shoe heel curvature design of a badminton shoe would influence shoe-ground ki...

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Main Authors: Wing-Kai Lam, Jaejin Ryue, Ki-Kwang Lee, Sang-Kyoon Park, Jason Tak-Man Cheung, Jiseon Ryu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5363935?pdf=render