Plantar pressures are higher under callused regions of the foot in older people

Clinical and Experimental Dermatology

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 375-380

  Menz, H B ^a   Zammit, G V ^a   Munteanu, S E ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; EPIDERMIS; FEMALE; FOOT; FOOT DISEASE; FOOT MALFORMATION; FOOT PAIN; FOOT SOLE; HALLUX; HALLUX VALGUS; HUMAN; HYPERKERATOSIS; JOINT PRESSURE; KERATINOCYTE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METATARSOPHALANGEAL JOINT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SKIN DISEASE; TOE; WALKING SPEED;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FOOT; HUMANS; KERATOSIS; MALE; METATARSOPHALANGEAL JOINT; PRESSURE; WALKING;

EID: 34249656824     PISSN: 03076938     EISSN: 13652230     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2230.2007.02421.x     Document Type: Article

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