Validity of plantar surface visual assessment as an estimate of foot arch height

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 375-380

  Swedler, David I ^a,b   Knapik, Joseph J ^a   Grier, Tyson ^a   Jones, Bruce H ^a  

^a Apt 540 ^*  (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Basic training; Bmi; Bony arch index; Light box; Wet test

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; FOOT; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; OBSERVATION; OBSERVER VARIATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SOLDIER; STANDARD; UNITED STATES; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; FOOT; HUMANS; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; OBSERVATION; OBSERVER VARIATION; REFERENCE STANDARDS; SOUTH CAROLINA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 75149153395     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: 15300315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/MSS.0b013e3181b571cc     Document Type: Article

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