Ankle muscle strength and activation are associated with walking patterns in preschool and school-age children

• Sudarat Apibantaweesakul,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Graduate School of Sport Sciences, Waseda University, Saitama, Japan, Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, Thammasat University, Pathum Thani, Thailand

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• Shiho Omura,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Graduate School of Sport Sciences, Waseda University, Saitama, Japan

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• Weihuang Qi,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Waseda Institute for Sport Sciences, Waseda University, Saitama, Japan, Toho-Leo Co., Tokyo, Japan

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• Natsuki Sado,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Institute of Health and Sport Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3958-8193

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• Hiroto Shiotani,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Faculty of Sport Sciences, Waseda University, Saitama, Japan, Human Performance Laboratory, Comprehensive Research Organization, Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9214-4068

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• Fumiko Tanaka,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Human Performance Laboratory, Comprehensive Research Organization, Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan

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• Plaiwan Suttanon,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, Thammasat University, Pathum Thani, Thailand, Thammasat University Research Unit in Health, Physical Performance, Movement, and Quality of Life for Longevity Society, Thammasat University, Pathum Thani, Thailand

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• Yasuo Kawakami

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: ykawa@waseda.jp

  Affiliations Faculty of Sport Sciences, Waseda University, Saitama, Japan, Human Performance Laboratory, Comprehensive Research Organization, Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0588-4039

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