Early weight bearing after posterior malleolar fractures: An experimental and prospective clinical study

Journal of Foot and Ankle Surgery

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 99-104

  Papachristou, George ^a,b,c   Efstathopoulos, Nicolas ^a,b   Levidiotis, Constantin ^a   Chronopoulos, Efstathios ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b Department of Orthopaedics ^*  (Greece)

^c Second Department of Orthopaedics   (Greece)

Author keywords

Ankle fracture; Contact stresses; Photoelasticity; Posterior malleolus; Weight bearing

Indexed keywords

ANKLE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CADAVER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FRACTURE HEALING; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; JOINT MOBILITY; KINEMATICS; LOADING TEST; MALLEOLUS FRACTURE; OPEN REDUCTION; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PLASTER CAST; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SIMULATION; TIBIA; WEIGHT BEARING; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANKLE INJURY; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; FRACTURE; MALE; MECHANICAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANKLE INJURIES; ANKLE JOINT; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, ANATOMIC; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STRESS, MECHANICAL; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 3142734500     PISSN: 10672516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1067-2516(03)70009-X     Document Type: Article

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