A review of the foot function index and the foot function index - revised

Journal of Foot and Ankle Research

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Budiman Mak, Elly ^a,b   Conrad, Kendon J ^c   Mazza, Jessica ^c   Stuck, Rodney M ^b,d  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^d HINES VA HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

FFI; FFI adaptation translation; FFI scores; FFI R; Foot health measures

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874139794     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17571146     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1757-1146-6-5     Document Type: Review

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