Calcaneal fractures cause a lateral load shift in chopart joint contact stress and plantar pressure pattern in vitro

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 29, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 1435-1443

  Rosenbaum, Dieter ^a,b   Bauer, Gerhard ^a   Augat, Peter ^a   Claes, Lutz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ULM   (Germany)

^b Abt Unfallchirurgische F   (Germany)

Author keywords

Calcaneal fractures; Chopart joint; Fuji Prescale him; Joint contact stress; Plantar pressure distribution

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; DYNAMIC LOADS; FRACTURE; GAIT ANALYSIS; KINEMATICS; PRESSURE; SIMULATION; STRESSES;

CALCANEAL FRACTURES; CHOPART JOINT; JOINT CONTACT STRESS; OSTEOTOMY; PLANTAR PRESSURE DISTRIBUTION;

JOINTS (ANATOMY);

ARTICLE; CALCANEUS FRACTURE; FOOT; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURE NONUNION; GAIT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; JOINT; LOADING TEST; OSTEOTOMY; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030296181     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0021-9290(96)84539-8     Document Type: Article

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