What are the effects of obesity in children on plantar pressure distributions?

International Journal of Obesity

Volumn 28, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1514-1519

  Dowling, A M ^a   Steele, J R ^a   Baur, L A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Children; Feet; Plantar pressures

Indexed keywords

APPARATUS; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CALCULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; FOOT DISEASE; FOOT PAD; FORCE; HUMAN; MALE; MEASUREMENT; OBESITY; PLANTAR PRESSURE DISTRIBUTION; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; STANDING; WALKING; WEIGHT BEARING;

BODY MASS INDEX; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; FEMALE; FOOT BONES; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; PRESSURE;

EID: 8344227660     PISSN: 03070565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ijo.0802729     Document Type: Article

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