Customized heel pads and soft orthotics to treat heel pain and plantar fasciitis

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 84, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1564-1567

  Seligman, Deborah A ^a   Dawson, Deirdre R ^b,c  

^a BAYCREST CENTRE FOR GERIATRIC CARE   (Canada)

^b Kunin Lunenfeld Applied Research Unit and Department of Food and Nutrition Services and Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fasciitis; Foot; Orthotic devices; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DEVICE; FASCIITIS; FEMALE; HEEL PAD; HEEL PAIN; HUMAN; JOINT FUNCTION; MALE; ORTHOTICS; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PLANTAR FASCIITIS; PLANTARIS MUSCLE; RATING SCALE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0141928630     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-9993(03)00363-0     Document Type: Article

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