Flatfoot prevalence and foot dimensions of 5- To 13-year-old children in Taiwan

Foot and Ankle International

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 326-332

  Chen, Jiann Perng ^a   Chung, Meng Jung ^a   Wang, Mao Jiun ^a,b  

^a IEEM ^*

^b NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Flatfoot; Foot dimension; Obesity; Weightbearing

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLATFOOT; FOOT; GROUPS BY AGE; GROUPS BY SEX; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; TAIWAN; WEIGHT BEARING;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BODY SIZE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FLATFOOT; FOOT; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TAIWAN; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 65249154935     PISSN: 10711007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3113/FAI.2009.0326     Document Type: Article

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