Footwear interventions: A review of their sensorimotor and mechanical effects on balance performance and gait in older adults

Journal of the American Podiatric Medical Association

Volumn 103, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 516-533

  Hatton, Anna L ^a   Rome, Keith ^b   Dixon, John ^c   Martin, Denis J ^c   McKeon, Patrick O ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

^c TEESSIDE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; FEMALE; FOOT ORTHOSIS; GAIT; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PROPRIOCEPTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHOE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; FEMALE; FOOT ORTHOSES; GAIT; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MALE; POSTURAL BALANCE; PROPRIOCEPTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHOES; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 84889038526     PISSN: 87507315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7547/1030516     Document Type: Review

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