Effects of footwear features on balance and stepping in older people

Gerontology

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 18-23

  Menant, Jasmine C ^a,d   Steele, Julie R ^b   Menz, Hylton B ^c   Munro, Bridget J ^b   Lord, Stephen R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^c LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aged, balance and stepping tests; Balance; Footwear; Footwear performance index; Stepping

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMAN; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MOTOR COORDINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; SHOE; STANDING;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; FOOT DEFORMITIES, ACQUIRED; GAIT; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; SHOES; WALKING;

EID: 43249103903     PISSN: 0304324X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000115850     Document Type: Article

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