Can the use of a terminal device augment plantar pressure reduction with a total contact cast?

Foot and Ankle International

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 500-505

  Dhalla, Raja ^a,d   Johnson, Jeffrey E ^b   Engsberg, Jack ^c  

^a BARNES JEWISH HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Plantar Pressures; TCC; Terminal Device

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOOT; FOOT SOLE; FOOT ULCER; FOREFOOT; HEEL; HINDFOOT; HUMAN; MIDFOOT; NEUROPATHIC ULCER; NORMAL HUMAN; ORTHOSIS; PLANTAR PRESSURE; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PRESSURE TRANSDUCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHOE; TERMINAL DEVICE; TOTAL CONTACT CAST;

EID: 0038308778     PISSN: 10711007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/107110070302400609     Document Type: Article

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