Arch support use for improving balance and reducing pain in older adults

Applied Nursing Research

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 153-158

  Mulford, Debbie ^a   Taggart, Helen M ^a   Nivens, Anita ^a   Payrie, Camille ^a  

^a Armstrong State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CLINICAL TRIAL; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FALLING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; ORTHOTICS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; SHOE; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHRALGIA; BACK PAIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; ORTHOTIC DEVICES; PATIENT SATISFACTION; SHOES; SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES;

EID: 48349141931     PISSN: 08971897     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apnr.2006.08.006     Document Type: Article

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