Foot disorders and falls in older persons

Gerontology

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 296-302

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

^a CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b THAI RED CROSS AIDS RESEARCH CENTRE   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Falls; Foot pain; Healthy elderly; Plantar fasciitis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CALLUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FALLING; FEMALE; FOOT DISEASE; FOOT MALFORMATION; FOOT PAIN; HALLUX VALGUS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METATARSALGIA; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; PERFORMANCE; PHYSICIAN; PLANTAR FASCIITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF CARE; SEX RATIO; SHOE; THAILAND; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT; WALKING; WALKING SPEED;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMORBIDITY; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOOT DEFORMITIES; FOOT DISEASES; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SHOES; SOMATOSENSORY DISORDERS; THAILAND; WALKING;

EID: 67249133458     PISSN: 0304324X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000181149     Document Type: Article

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