Effect of painful keratoses debridement on foot pain, balance and function in older adults

Gait and Posture

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 302-307

  Balanowski, Karen R ^a   Flynn, Lynne M ^b  

^a NHS LOTHIAN   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN MARGARET UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Foot pain; Older adults; Podiatry; Postural balance

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BODY POSTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEBRIDEMENT; FEMALE; FOOT; FOOT PAIN; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; GAIT; HUMAN; KERATOSIS PALMOPLANTARIS; MALE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PODIATRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCALPEL; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; WALKING; WALKING SPEED;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEBRIDEMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; KERATODERMA, PALMOPLANTAR; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 27744552932     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2004.10.006     Document Type: Article

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