High-heeled shoes and musculoskeletal injuries: A narrative systematic review

BMJ Open

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Barnish, Maxwell S ^a   Barnish, Jean ^b  

^a Aberdeen   (United Kingdom)

^b London   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CINAHL; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COCHRANE LIBRARY; EMBASE; FOOT PAIN; HALLUX VALGUS; HEEL PAIN; HIGH HEELED SHOE; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; MEDLINE; MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PSYCINFO; REVIEW; SHOE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; WEB OF SCIENCE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; FEMALE; FRACTURES, BONE; INJURIES; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; SPRAINS AND STRAINS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; FEMALE; FRACTURES, BONE; HALLUX VALGUS; HUMANS; MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; OSTEOARTHRITIS; SHOES; SPRAINS AND STRAINS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84960145866     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2015-010053     Document Type: Review

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