Treatment of Eichenholtz stage I Charcot foot arthropathy with a weight-bearing total contact cast

Foot and Ankle International

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 324-329

  Pinzur, Michael S ^a,b   Lio, Tammy ^a   Posner, Matthew ^a  

^a Loyola University Medical Center ^*

^b LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Charcot Arthropathy; Diabetic Patients; Total Contact Casting

Indexed keywords

INSULIN; ORAL ANTIDIABETIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CAST APPLICATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; FOOT DISEASE; FOOT RADIOGRAPHY; FOOT ULCER; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROPATHIC JOINT DISEASE; ORTHOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SHOE; SHORT FORM 36; TOTAL CONTACT CAST; WEIGHT BEARING;

EID: 33646349714     PISSN: 10711007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/107110070602700503     Document Type: Article

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