Preliminary normative values for foot loading parameters of the developing child

Gait and Posture

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 238-247

  Bosch, Kerstin ^a   Gerss, Joachim ^a   Rosenbaum, Dieter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Children; Foot development; Gait; Normative values; Plantar pressure distribution

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DECISION MAKING; DYNAMICS; FOOT; GERMANY; HUMAN; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NORMAL HUMAN; PARAMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; WALKING;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOOT; GAIT; GERMANY; HUMANS; INFANT; LINEAR MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; REFERENCE VALUES; SEX FACTORS; WALKING; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 34249940647     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2006.09.014     Document Type: Article

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