The benefit of gait analysis in functional diagnostics in the rehabilitation of patients after operative treatment of calcaneal fractures

Foot and Ankle Surgery

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 209-214

  Follak, Niels ^a   Merk, Harry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

Author keywords

Calcaneal fractures; Functional deficit; Gait analysis; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANKLE; ARTICLE; CALCANEUS; CALCANEUS FRACTURE; CONVALESCENCE; FEMALE; FOOT SURGERY; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; GAIT; HUMAN; JOINT MOBILITY; KIRSCHNER WIRE; MALE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WIRE FIXATION;

EID: 0742321939     PISSN: 12687731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1268-7731(03)00092-4     Document Type: Article

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