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Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability Volume 42, 2017 - Issue 4
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Do foot posture, deformity, and footwear fit influence physical activity levels in children with Down syndrome? A prospective cohort study

Nora ShieldsSchool of Allied Health, La Trobe University, Bundoora, Vic., Australia;Northern Centre for Health Education and Research, Epping, Vic., AustraliaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Polly LimSchool of Allied Health, La Trobe University, Bundoora, Vic., AustraliaView further author information
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Dennis WollersheimSchool of Psychology and Public Health, La Trobe University, Bundoora, Vic., AustraliaView further author information
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Nikolaos NikolopoulosSchool of Allied Health, La Trobe University, Bundoora, Vic., AustraliaView further author information
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Joanna BarrettSchool of Allied Health, La Trobe University, Bundoora, Vic., AustraliaView further author information
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Angela EvansSchool of Allied Health, La Trobe University, Bundoora, Vic., AustraliaView further author information
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Nicholas F. TaylorSchool of Allied Health, La Trobe University, Bundoora, Vic., Australia;Allied Health Clinical Research Office, Eastern Health, Box Hill, Vic., AustraliaView further author information
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Shannon MunteanuSchool of Allied Health, La Trobe University, Bundoora, Vic., AustraliaORCID Iconhttp://orcid.org/0000-0001-6780-2743View further author information
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Pages 332-338 | Published online: 22 Sep 2016

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Nirmeen M. Hassan, Andrew K. Buldt, Nora Shields, Karl B. Landorf, Hylton B. Menz & Shannon E. Munteanu. (2022) Differences in foot dimensions between children and adolescents with and without Down syndrome. Disability and Rehabilitation 44:15, pages 3959-3966.
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Nirmeen M. Hassan, Nora Shields, Karl B. Landorf, Andrew K. Buldt, Nicholas F. Taylor, Angela M. Evans, Cylie M. Williams, Hylton B. Menz & Shannon E. Munteanu. (2021) Efficacy of custom-fitted footwear to increase physical activity in children and adolescents with Down syndrome (ShoeFIT): randomised pilot study. Disability and Rehabilitation 43:15, pages 2131-2140.
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Salmah Alghamdi, Maram Banakhar, Hanan Badr & Sanaa Alsulami. (2021) Physical activity among children with down syndrome: maternal perception. International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-being 16:1.
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Hylton B. Menz & Daniel R. Bonanno. (2021) Footwear comfort: a systematic search and narrative synthesis of the literature. Journal of Foot and Ankle Research 14:1.
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Lourdes Gutiérrez-Vilahú & Myriam Guerra-Balic. (2021) Footprint measurement methods for the assessment and classification of foot types in subjects with Down syndrome: a systematic review. Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research 16:1.
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Mohamed E. Khallaf, Eman Fayed, Radwa E. Sweif & Abdulkarem Alsalem. (2021) Relationship between dynamic foot-ground contact area and balance impairments in adolescents with down syndrome. Journal of Pediatric Rehabilitation Medicine 14:3, pages 425-432.
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L. Sutherland, A. M. McGarty, C. A. Melville & L. A. Hughes‐McCormack. (2021) Correlates of physical activity in children and adolescents with intellectual disabilities: a systematic review. Journal of Intellectual Disability Research 65:5, pages 405-436.
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Nirmeen M. Hassan, Andrew K. Buldt, Nora Shields, Karl B. Landorf, Hylton B. Menz & Shannon E. Munteanu. (2020) Reproducibility of foot dimensions measured from 3-dimensional foot scans in children and adolescents with Down syndrome. Journal of Foot and Ankle Research 13:1.
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Stewart C. Morrison, Laura Barrett & David Haines. (2019) Foot care needs for children and young people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. British Journal of Learning Disabilities 48:1, pages 4-9.
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Matthew Hill, Aoife Healy & Nachiappan Chockalingam. (2019) Key concepts in children’s footwear research: a scoping review focusing on therapeutic footwear. Journal of Foot and Ankle Research 12:1.
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