Proper shoe sizes for Thai elderly

Foot

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 186-191

  Chaiwanichsiri, Dootchai ^a   Tantisiriwat, Natthiya ^b   Janchai, Siriporn ^a  

^a CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b THAI RED CROSS AIDS RESEARCH CENTRE   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Elderly; Foot pain; Footwear; Shoe

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; ELDERLY CARE; ERGONOMICS; FEMALE; FOOT CARE; FOOT DISEASE; FOOT PAIN; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHOE; THAILAND; TOE; WALKING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTHROPOMETRY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOOT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SHOES; THAILAND;

EID: 57049118468     PISSN: 09582592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foot.2008.05.001     Document Type: Article

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