Biomechanical properties of shoes and risk of falls in older adults

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 52, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1840-1846

  Tencer, Allan F ^a,b,c,f   Koepsell, Thomas D ^a,b   Wolf, Marsha E ^a   Frankenfeld, Cara L ^a,b   Buchner, David M ^d   Kukull, Walter A ^a,b   LaCroix, Andrea Z ^e   Larson, Eric B ^b,e   Tautvydas, Milda ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c University of Washington   (United States)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

^e CENTER FOR HEALTH STUDIES   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Elderly; Falls; Shoes

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ACCIDENT PRONENESS; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FALLING; GERIATRIC CARE; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; RISK REDUCTION; SAFETY; SHOE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CASE CONTROL STUDY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; MALE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; WALKING;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; RISK FACTORS; SHOES; WALKING;

EID: 16544375232     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2004.52507.x     Document Type: Article

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