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Sports Medicine and Biomechanics

Adolescents running in conventional running shoes have lower vertical instantaneous loading rates but greater asymmetry than running barefoot or in partial-minimal shoes

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Pages 774-787 | Received 21 Nov 2022, Accepted 17 Jul 2023, Published online: 12 Aug 2023

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