Custom-fit versus premanufactured braces

Orthopedics

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 307-310

  Soma, Charles A ^a   Cawley, Patrick W ^a   Liu, Stephen ^a   Vangsness Jr , C Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRACE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE INDUSTRY; KNEE FUNCTION; KNEE PROSTHESIS; LOADING TEST; MATERIALS TESTING; ORTHOPEDIC EQUIPMENT; ORTHOSIS; ROTATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TIBIA;

EID: 1642527979     PISSN: 01477447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/0147-7447-20040301-15     Document Type: Article

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