Skin surface pressure beneath an above-the-knee cast: Plaster casts compared with fiberglass casts

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 565-569

  Davids, Jon R ^a,d   Frick, Steve L ^b   Skewes, Ed ^a,d   Blackhurst, Dawn W ^c  

^a SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

^b CAROLINAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c GREENVILLE HOSPITAL SYSTEM   (United States)

^d Motion Analysis Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLASS FIBER;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; FLEXION CONTRACTURE; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; MALE; PLASTER CAST; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN EXAMINATION;

EID: 0030929069     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/00004623-199704000-00013     Document Type: Article

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