Describing the medial longitudinal arch using footprint indices and a clinical grading system

Foot and Ankle International

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 456-462

  Queen, Robin M ^a,b   Mall, Nathan A ^a   Hardaker, W Mack ^a   Nunley II, James A ^a  

^a DUMC 3435 ^*

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Arch Height; Clinical Assessment; Foot Print Index; Foot Type

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CALCULATION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FOOT; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HEIGHT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MEASUREMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARAMETER; PHOTOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; DERMATOGLYPHICS; FEMALE; FOOT; HUMANS; MALE; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TARSAL BONES;

EID: 34147152209     PISSN: 10711007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3113/FAI.2007.0456     Document Type: Article

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