Use of the foot abduction orthosis following ponseti casts: Is it essential?

Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 225-228

  Thacker, Mihir M ^a   Scher, David M ^a,b   Sala, Debra A ^a   Van Bosse, Harold J P ^a   Feldman, David S ^a   Lehman, Wallace B ^a  

^a NYU HOSPITAL FOR JOINT DISEASES   (United States)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERY   (United States)

Author keywords

Casts; Clubfoot; Orthosis; Ponseti

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLUBFOOT; DIMEGLIO SCORE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; ORTHOSIS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PIRANI SCORE; PLASTER CAST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT INDICATION;

CASTS, SURGICAL; CLUBFOOT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; ORTHOTIC DEVICES;

EID: 14644433146     PISSN: 02716798     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.bpo.0000150814.56790.f9     Document Type: Article

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