Biomechanical evaluation of foot pressure and loading force during gait in rheumatoid arthritic patients with and without foot orthosis

Kurume Medical Journal

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 211-217

  Li, Chnag You ^a,c   Imaishi, Kisei ^a   Shiba, Naoto ^a   Tagawa, Yoshihiko ^b   Maeda, Takashi ^a   Matsuo, Shigeaki ^b   Goto, Takeshi ^a   Yamanaka, Kensuke ^a  

^a KURUME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KURUME INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Foot orthosis; Foot pressure; Loading force; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOOT; GAIT; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOTICS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRESSURE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS;

ADULT; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; FEMALE; FOOT; GAIT; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOTIC DEVICES; PRESSURE;

EID: 0033648401     PISSN: 00235679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2739/kurumemedj.47.211     Document Type: Article

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