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normal part of the walking gait
Topic Started: May 9 2018, 02:37 AM (11 Views)
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The researchers Adidas ZX 750 Mujer traveled to Tanzania and recruited 26 Hadza adults (15 men, 11 women) and 14 juveniles (mean age = 8.6 years) to run trials while being recorded by a high-speed camera. The subjects ran along a hard-packed sand/silt trackway cleared of shrubs and loose rocks. Ankle, knee, and plantar foot angles were measured at initial foot contact from the video sequences. Some Nike Air Huarache Mujer of the adults ran barefoot, others ran in minimal sandals. All of the juveniles ran barefoot.
For adult males, 86.7% were midfoot strikers while running, and 13.3% were heel strikers. For adult females, 9.1% were midfoot strikers, and 90.9% were heel strikers. For juveniles, 14.3% were midfoot strikers, and 85.7% were heel strikers.
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