Wear and biomechanical characteristics of a novel shear-reducing insole with implications for high-risk persons with diabetes

Diabetes Technology and Therapeutics

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 638-646

  Lavery, Lawrence A ^a   Lanctot, Dan R ^b   Constantinides, George ^b   Zamorano, Ruben G ^b   Athanasiou, Kyriacos A ^d   Mauli Agrawal, C ^c  

^a SCOTT AND WHITE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^c The University of Texas at San Antonio   (United States)

^d Rice University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETHYL VINYL ACETATE; POLITEF; POLYETHYLENE; POLYURETHAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VINYL ACETATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BIOMECHANICS; DEVICE; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; FOOT; FOOT SOLE; FORCE; FRICTION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SHEAR RATE; SHEAR STRESS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VISCOELASTICITY;

DIABETIC FOOT; ELASTICITY; FOOT ULCER; HUMANS; SHEAR STRENGTH; SHOES; TENSILE STRENGTH; VISCOSITY;

EID: 23944469056     PISSN: 15209156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/dia.2005.7.638     Document Type: Article

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