Effect of Rocker Soles on Plantar Pressures

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 81-86

  Brown, David ^a,b   Wertsch, Jacqueline J ^a   Harris, Gerald F ^a   Klein, John ^a   Janisse, Dennis ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Diabetic foot; Pressure; Rehabilitation; Shoes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIABETIC FOOT; DIABETIC NEUROPATHY; FEMALE; FOOT MALFORMATION; FOOT SOLE; FOOT ULCER; FOREFOOT; HUMAN; MALE; ORTHOSIS; PLANTAR ULCER; PRESCRIPTION; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; SENSORY NEUROPATHY; SHOE;

EID: 0347359311     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-9993(03)00374-5     Document Type: Article

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