The impact of footwear and packweight on injury and illness among long-distance hikers

Wilderness and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 250-256

  Anderson Jr , L Stewart ^a   Rebholz, Casey M ^a   White, Laura F ^b   Mitchell, Patricia ^a   Curcio III, Edward P ^c   Feldman, James A ^a   Kahn, Joseph H ^a  

^a BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MOUNT AUBURN HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Appalachian Trail; Environment; Epidemiology; Footwear; Injuries; Mountaineering; Pacific Crest Trail; Packweight; Paresthesia

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; EQUIPMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUNTAINEERING; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; PARESTHESIA; PREVALENCE; RISK; SHOE; SPORT INJURY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ATHLETIC INJURIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUNTAINEERING; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; ODDS RATIO; PARESTHESIA; PREVALENCE; SHOES; SPORTS EQUIPMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70350497386     PISSN: 10806032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1580/08-WEME-OR-196R2.1     Document Type: Article

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