Unloading mechanism in the total contact cast

Foot and Ankle International

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 281-285

  Leibner, Efraim D ^a,b   Brodsky, James W ^a,c   Pollo, Fabian E ^a,c   Baum, Brian S ^a,c   Edmonds, Bentley W ^a,c  

^a Hadassah Hebrew University Medical Center ^*

^b HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Total Contact Cast; Unloading Mechanism

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAST APPLICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FORCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JOINT FUNCTION; JOINT MOBILITY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PLASTER CAST; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; SHOE; SHOE CAST; STANDING; TOTAL CONTACT CAST; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WALKING; WEIGHT BEARING;

EID: 33645656984     PISSN: 10711007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/107110070602700409     Document Type: Article

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