Do spike insoles enhance postural stability and plantar-surface cutaneous sensitivity in the elderly?

Age

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 53-61

  Palluel, Estelle ^a   Nougier, Vincent ^a   Olivier, Isabelle ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE TIMC IMAG   (France)

Author keywords

Elderly people; Foot sole stimulation; Plantar surface sensitivity; Spike surface; Unperturbed stance

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350212253     PISSN: 01619152     EISSN: 15744647     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11357-008-9047-2     Document Type: Article

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