Development and evaluation of a tool for the assessment of footwear characteristics

Journal of Foot and Ankle Research

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Barton, Christian J ^a   Bonanno, Daniel ^a   Menz, Hylton B ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 77951204607     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17571146     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1757-1146-2-10     Document Type: Article

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