Addressing foot pain in older adults may lead to significantly fewer falls and hospitalizations as well as the maintenance of independence, suggests newly published research from the Hebrew SeniorLife Institute for Aging Research. The investigators studied data from the Framingham Foot Study and found that individuals who had foot pain, especially severe foot pain, or a diagnosis of planus foot posture (flat feet) were more likely to have fallen two or more times over the past year.
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Addressing foot pain may help prevent falls, hospitalizations