"Good for older ladies, not me": How elderly women choose their shoes

Journal of the American Podiatric Medical Association

Volumn 103, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 465-470

  Davis, Annette ^a   Murphy, Anna ^a   Haines, Terry P ^b,c  

^a Kingston Centre   (Australia)

^b ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; AUSTRALIA; BODY WEIGHT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ESTHETICS; FALLING; FEMALE; GAIT; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SHOE; VERY ELDERLY;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTHROPOMETRY; AUSTRALIA; BODY WEIGHT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ESTHETICS; FEMALE; GAIT; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT PREFERENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SHOES;

EID: 84889035751     PISSN: 87507315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7547/1030465     Document Type: Article

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