Foot position awareness in younger and older men: The influence of footwear sole properties

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 61-66

  Robbins, Steven ^a   Waked, Edward ^a   Allard, Paul ^b   McClaran, Jacqueline ^c   Krouglicof, Nicholas ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEBEC   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BODY HEIGHT; BODY POSTURE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FALLING; FOOT; FOOT SOLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PROPRIOCEPTION; SHOE; WALKING;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; FOOT; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; PERCEPTION; POSTURE; SHOES; WALKING;

EID: 0031021092     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1997.tb00979.x     Document Type: Article

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