Partial weight bearing after surgery for fractures of the lower extremity - Is it achievable?

Gait and Posture

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 99-105

  Vasarhelyi, Attila ^a   Baumert, Tobias ^a   Fritsch, Christoph ^b   Hopfenmüller, Werner ^c   Gradl, Georg ^a   Mittlmeier, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

^b Novel GmbH   (Germany)

^c CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dynamic plantar pressure distribution; Fractures of the lower leg; Gait analysis; Partial weight bearing; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOOT SOLE; FORCE; FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMAN; LEG FRACTURE; MALE; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT BEARING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FRACTURES, BONE; GAIT; HUMANS; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 28344441180     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2004.12.005     Document Type: Article

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