Plantar pressure and sole thickness of the forefoot

Foot and Ankle International

Volumn 26, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1049-1054

  Weijers, René E ^a,b   Walenkamp, Geert H I M ^a,b   Kessels, Alphons G H ^a,b   Kemerink, Gerrit J ^a,b   Van Mameren, Henk ^a,b  

^a University Hospital Maastricht ^*

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Forefoot; Plantar Pressure; Soft Tissue

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY POSTURE; FEMALE; FOOT SOLE; FOREFOOT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; METATARSAL BONE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL STRESS; PLANTAR PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOFT TISSUE; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THICKNESS; WALKING; WEIGHT BEARING;

EID: 29044432359     PISSN: 10711007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/107110070502601209     Document Type: Article

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