The effect of gender, age, and lateral dominance on arch height and arch stiffness

Foot and Ankle International

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 367-372

  Zifchock, Rebecca A ^a,b   Davis, Irene ^a,b,c   Hillstrom, Howard ^a,d   Song, Jinsup ^a,e  

^a University of Delaware ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^c Drayer Physical Therapy Institute   (United States)

^d HOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERY   (United States)

^e TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Age; Dominance; Foot Structure; Gender

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOOT; FOOT ARCH; FOOT INJURY; GENDER; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGIDITY;

EID: 33646341992     PISSN: 10711007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/107110070602700509     Document Type: Article

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