Use of gait analysis to demonstrate benefits of footwear assessment in elderly people

Physiotherapy

Volumn 85, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 451-456

  Finlay, Olwen ^a   Van De Meer, Deborah C ^a   Beringer, T R O ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Care of elderly people; Footwear; Gait analysis

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; AGED; ARTICLE; FALLING; FEMALE; FOOT; FOREFOOT; FRACTURE; GAIT; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHOE; STROKE; WALKING; WALKING SPEED;

EID: 0032808310     PISSN: 00319406     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9406(05)65521-6     Document Type: Article

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