Revisiting the total contact cast: Maximizing off-loading by wound isolation

Diabetes Care

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 929-930

  Petre, Marc ^a,b   Tokar, Paul ^a   Kostar, Debra ^a   Cavanagh, Peter R ^a,b  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Case Western Reserve University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; METATARSAL BONE; PLANTAR ULCER; PLASTER CAST; SENSOR; ULCER HEALING; WALKING;

ADULT; CASTS, SURGICAL; DIABETIC FOOT; FOOT ULCER; HUMANS; REFERENCE VALUES; WEIGHT-BEARING; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 15944416458     PISSN: 01495992     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2337/diacare.28.4.929     Document Type: Article

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