High-heeled walking decreases lumbar lordosis

Highlights • heels height influences the motion of the pelvis and the spine during walking. • lumbar and thoracic curvatures decrease during gait with high heels. • low-heeled walking influenced the pelvis and the spine less than with high-heels. • No difference between the level of expertise was ob...

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Published inGait & posture Vol. 55; pp. 12 - 14
Main Authors Baaklini, Edeny, Angst, Michael, Schellenberg, Florian, Hitz, Marina, Schmid, Stefan, Tal, Amir, Taylor, William R, Lorenzetti, Silvio
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published England Elsevier B.V 01.06.2017
Subjects
Adult
Biomechanical Phenomena
Female
Gait - physiology
Gait analysis
Heel
High heels
Humans
Lordosis - rehabilitation
Middle Aged
Orthopedics
Posture
Reproducibility of Results
Shod walking
Shoes
Trunk kinematics
Walking - physiology
Young Adult
Trunk kinematics
Shod walking
High Heels
Gait analysis
High heels
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Summary:Highlights • heels height influences the motion of the pelvis and the spine during walking. • lumbar and thoracic curvatures decrease during gait with high heels. • low-heeled walking influenced the pelvis and the spine less than with high-heels. • No difference between the level of expertise was observed.
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ISSN:0966-6362
1879-2219
DOI:10.1016/j.gaitpost.2017.03.035