Plantar pressure measurements during ambulation in weightbearing conventional short leg casts and total contact casts

Foot and Ankle International

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 464-469

  Conti, Stephen F ^a   Martin, Rob L ^a   Chaytor, E Ruth ^a   Hughes, Christopher ^a   Luttrell, Leslie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOREFOOT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOBILIZATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PLANTAR ULCER; PLASTER CAST; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHOE; VOLUNTEER; WEIGHT BEARING;

EID: 0029831319     PISSN: 10711007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/107110079601700805     Document Type: Article

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