Barefoot running: Between fashion and real way to prevent joint osteo lesions?

  1. Carpentier, Manon 3
  2. Perpiñá Martínez, Sara 3
  3. De Man, Alain 1
  4. Pierrakos, Charalampos 1
  5. Isenborgh, Stefaan 2
  6. De Bels, David 1
  7. Honore, Patrick M. 1
  8. Salem, Walid 4
  9. Redant, Sebastien 1
  1. 1 Intensive Care Department, Brugmann University Hospital, Free University of Brussels French Part (Université Libre de Bruxelles, ULB) , Brussels , Belgium
  2. 2 Orthopedic Surgery Department, Bracops Hospital, Free University of Brussels Flemish Part (Vrij Universiteit van Brussels, VUB) , Brussels , Belgium
  3. 3 Department of Physiotherapy, Pontifical University of Salamanca , Campus Madrid , Spain
  4. 4 Osteopathy Research Unit, Free University of Brussels French Part (Université Libre de Bruxelles, ULB) , Brussels , Belgium
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Journal:
Journal of Translational Internal Medicine

ISSN: 2224-4018

Year of publication: 2020

Volume: 8

Issue: 3

Pages: 188-194

Type: Article

DOI: 10.2478/JTIM-2020-0028 GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openOpen access editor

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