Foot shape and its effect on functioning in Royal Australian Air Force recruits. Part 1: Prospective cohort study

Military Medicine

Volumn 170, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 623-628

  Esterman, Adrian ^a   Pilotto, Louis ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIR FORCE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FLATFOOT; FOOT; FOOT INJURY; FOOT PAIN; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; TRAINING;

EID: 22244486062     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED.170.7.623     Document Type: Article

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