Intervention study to improve quality of life and health problems of community-living elderly women in Japan by shoe fitting and custom-made insoles

Gerontology

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 348-356

  Kusumoto, Ayano ^a   Suzuki, Takao ^a   Yoshida, Hideyo ^a   Kwon, Jinhee ^a  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF GERONTOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Custom made insoles; Intervention study, quality of life improvement; Quality of life, foot environment; Shoe fitting

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; FEMALE; FOOT SOLE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JAPAN; MENTAL HEALTH; NORMAL HUMAN; PAIN; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCORING SYSTEM; SHOE; SHORT FORM 36; URBAN POPULATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INTERVENTION STUDIES; JAPAN; MENTAL HEALTH; ORTHOTIC DEVICES; PAIN MEASUREMENT; QUALITY OF LIFE; SHOES; URBAN POPULATION; WALKING;

EID: 43449101894     PISSN: 0304324X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000104252     Document Type: Article

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