Testing the proficiency to distinguish locations with elevated plantar pressure within and between professional groups of foot therapists

BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

Volumn 7, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Guldemond, Nick A ^a   Leffers, Pieter ^b   Nieman, Fred H M ^a   Sanders, Antal P ^a   Schaper, Nicolaas C ^a   Walenkamp, Geert H I M ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANKLE PRESSURE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOOT PAD; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; METATARSALGIA; NETHERLANDS; ORTHOTICS; PODIATRIST;

ADULT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FEMALE; FOREFOOT, HUMAN; HEALTH OCCUPATIONS; HUMANS; MALE; METATARSALGIA; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOTIC DEVICES; PODIATRY; PRESSURE;

EID: 33845512999     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2474-7-93     Document Type: Article

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