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Rigid soles improve balance in beam walking, but improvements do not persist with bare feet

Maintaining balance while walking on a narrow beam is a challenging motor task. One important factor is that the foot’s ability to exert torque on the support surface is limited by the beam width. Still, the feet serve as a critical interface between the body and the external environment, and it is...

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Autores principales: Huber, Meghan E., Chiovetto, Enrico, Giese, Martin, Sternad, Dagmar
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7203137/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32376990
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-64035-y