Plantar tissue stiffness in patients with diabetes mellitus and peripheral neuropathy

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 83, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1796-1801

  Klaesner, Joseph W ^a   Hastings, Mary K ^a   Zou, Dequan ^a   Lewis, Cara ^a   Mueller, Michael J ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Diabetes mellitus; Foot ulcer; Peripheral neuropathies; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; FORCE; GENDER; HEEL; HUMAN; LABORATORY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; METATARSAL BONE; MUSCLE STIFFNESS; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PLANTAR ULCER; PLANTARIS MUSCLE; SOFT TISSUE DEFECT; VISCOELASTICITY;

EID: 0036897203     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/apmr.2002.35661     Document Type: Article

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