The development in footprint morphology in 1851 Congolese children from urban and rural areas, and the relationship between this and wearing shoes

Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics Part B

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 141-146

  Echarri, Juan José ^a   Forriol, Francisco ^b,c  

^a CHR Monkole   (Congo)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY CLINIC OF NAVARRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Flat foot; Footprint; Footwear; Growth

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CONGO; FEMALE; FOOT; FOOT MALFORMATION; HUMAN; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHOE; URBAN AREA; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; CONGO; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; FLATFOOT; FOOT; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; PROBABILITY; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SHOES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0037372908     PISSN: 1060152X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00009957-200303000-00012     Document Type: Article

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