Gait, balance and plantar pressures in older people with toe deformities

Gait and Posture

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 347-351

  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

Foot problems; Gait; Hallux valgus; Plantar pressures; Toe deformity

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BALANCE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY POSTURE; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; FOOT; GAIT; GERIATRICS; HALLUS VALGUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PLANTAR PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOE; TOE MALFORMATION; WALKING;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; FEMALE; FOOT; FOOT DEFORMITIES; GAIT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTURAL BALANCE; PRESSURE;

EID: 80052417264     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: 18792219     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2011.05.023     Document Type: Article

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