The mechanism of plantar unloading in total contact casts: Implications for design and clinical use

Foot and Ankle International

Volumn 18, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 809-817

  Shaw, Jonathan E ^a   Hsi, Wei Li ^b   Ulbrecht, Jan S ^c   Norkitis, Arleen ^c   Becker, Mary B ^c   Cavanagh, Peter R ^c  

^a MANCHESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; PLANTAR ULCER; PLASTER CAST; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHOE; TOTAL PLANTAR CAST; ULCER HEALING; WALKING; WEIGHT BEARING;

EID: 0031457281     PISSN: 10711007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/107110079701801210     Document Type: Article

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