Older people and ill fitting shoes

Postgraduate Medical Journal

Volumn 78, Issue 920, 2002, Pages 344-346

  Burns, S L ^a   Leese, G P ^b   McMurdo, M E T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b Diabetes and Endocrinology ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; ELDERLY CARE; FALLING; FEMALE; FOOT DISEASE; FOOT ULCER; HUMAN; INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SHOE;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIABETIC FOOT; FEMALE; FOOT DISEASES; FOOT ULCER; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REHABILITATION; RISK; SENSATION DISORDERS; SHOES;

EID: 0036281503     PISSN: 00325473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/pmj.78.920.344     Document Type: Article

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