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Using Gold-standard Gait Analysis Methods to Assess Experience Effects on Lower-limb Mechanics During Moderate High-heeled Jogging and Running
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Using Gold-standard Gait Analysis Methods to Assess Experience Effects on Lower-limb Mechanics During Moderate High-heeled Jogging and Running

Published on: September 14, 2017

Our heels are praying very hard all day

Barbra Mann Wall1, Sioban Nelson

  • 1School of Nursing, Purdue University, 502 N University St, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA. bwall@nursing.purdue.edu

Holistic Nursing Practice
|December 3, 2003
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