Effects of obesity on plantar pressure distribution in children;Efeitos da obesidade na distribuição de pressão plantar em crianças

Revista Brasileira de Fisioterapia

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 495-501

  Filippin, Nadiesca Taisa ^a   Barbosa, V L P ^b   Sacco, I C N ^c   Lobo da Costa, P H ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO CARLOS   (Brazil)

^b Centro Universitário FEI   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Children; Obesity; Plantar pressure; Standing; Walking

Indexed keywords

EID: 39449098513     PISSN: 14133555     EISSN: 18099246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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