Does footwear affect balance?: The views and experiences of people with diabetes and neuropathy who have fallen

Journal of the American Podiatric Medical Association

Volumn 103, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 508-515

  Paton, Joanne S ^a   Roberts, Anne ^a   Bruce, Graham K ^b   Marsden, Jon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b Plymouth Community Health Care (CIC)   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIABETIC NEUROPATHIES; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FALLING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GAIT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHOE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERY ELDERLY;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIABETIC NEUROPATHIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GAIT; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTURAL BALANCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLING STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS; SHOES;

EID: 84889048122     PISSN: 87507315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7547/1030508     Document Type: Article

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