Characteristics of adult flatfoot in the United States

Journal of Foot and Ankle Surgery

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 363-368

  Shibuya, Naohiro ^a   Jupiter, Daniel C ^b   Ciliberti, Louis J ^a   VanBuren, Vincent ^a   La Fontaine, Javier ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b SCOTT AND WHITE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Arthritis; Bunion; Callus; Epidemiology; Hammertoe; Survey; Tibialis posterior tendon; Veteran

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CALLUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; FLATFOOT; GENDER; HALLUX VALGUS; HAMMER TOE; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; RACE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; VETERAN; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH STATUS; INDUSTRY; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; FLATFOOT; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; UNITED STATES; VETERANS;

EID: 77954031911     PISSN: 10672516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.jfas.2010.04.001     Document Type: Article

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