Comparison of strategies for reducing pressure at the site of neuropathic ulcers

Journal of the American Podiatric Medical Association

Volumn 87, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 466-472

  Fleischli, John G ^a,b   Lavery, Lawrence A ^a,c   Vela, Steven A ^a   Ashry, Hisham ^a   Lavery, David C ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b Foot and Ankle Associates of Jacksonville   (United States)

^c Mexican American Medical Treatment Effectiveness Research Center   (United States)

^d UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AWARDS AND PRIZES; BANDAGE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIABETIC FOOT; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOOT; HISTORY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PLASTER CAST; PODIATRY; PRESSURE; SHOE; STANDARD; UNITED STATES; WALKING;

ADULT; AGED; AWARDS AND PRIZES; BANDAGES; CASTS, SURGICAL; DIABETIC FOOT; EVALUATION STUDIES; FEMALE; FOOT; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PODIATRY; PRESSURE; SHOES; UNITED STATES; WALKING;

EID: 0031255235     PISSN: 87507315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7547/87507315-87-10-466     Document Type: Review

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