The effects of usual footwear on balance amongst elderly women attending a day hospital

Age and Ageing

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 62-67

  Horgan, N Frances ^a   Crehan, Fiona ^a   Bartlett, Emma ^b   Keogan, Fiona ^b   O'Grady, Anne Marie ^b   Moore, Allan R ^b   Donegan, Ciaran F ^b   Curran, Martina ^b  

^a ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS IN IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Balance; Day hospital; Elderly; Shoes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BALANCE IMPAIRMENT; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; ELDERLY CARE; FALL RISK ASSESSMENT; FEMALE; GERIATRIC HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SHOE;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DAY CARE; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; POSTURAL BALANCE; RISK FACTORS; SHOES;

EID: 58849148594     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: 14682834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afn219     Document Type: Article

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