Foot pain, plantar pressures, and falls in older people: A prospective study

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 58, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1936-1940

  Mickle, Karen J ^a   Munro, Bridget J ^a   Lord, Stephen R ^b   Menz, Hylton B ^c   Steele, Julie R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dynamic plantar pressure; Falls; Foot pain; Older adults

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; FALLING; FEMALE; FOOT PAIN; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESSURE SENSATION; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SENESCENCE; AGE; ARTHRALGIA; AUSTRALIA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FOLLOW UP; FOOT; FOOT INJURY; INCIDENCE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRESSURE; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ARTHRALGIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FOOT; FOOT INJURIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; NEW SOUTH WALES; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PRESSURE; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 78049396190     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2010.03061.x     Document Type: Article

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