The effectiveness of an accommodative dressing in offloading pressure over areas of previous metatarsal head ulceration

Wounds

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 33-39

  Birke, James A ^a   Fred, Belinda ^b   Krieger, Lea Anne ^b   Sliman, Kayla ^b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOOT ULCER; HUMAN; MALE; METATARSAL BONE; ORTHOSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SHOE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WALKING AID; WEIGHT BEARING; WOUND DRESSING;

EID: 0037292515     PISSN: 10447946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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