Walking barefoot decreases loading on the lower extremity joints in knee osteoarthritis

Arthritis and Rheumatism

Volumn 54, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 2923-2927

  Shakoor, Najia ^a   Block, Joel A ^a  

^a RUSH MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BAREFOOT WALKING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ELECTRONICS; EVALUATION; EVALUATION RESEARCH; FEMALE; FORCE; GAIT; HIP; HUMAN; KNEE; KNEE ARTHRITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK FACTOR; SHOE; WALKING; WEIGHT BEARING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HIP JOINT; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOTIC DEVICES; OSTEOARTHRITIS; SHOES; WALKING; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 33749340334     PISSN: 00043591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/art.22123     Document Type: Article

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