The contralateral foot in children with unilateral clubfoot: A study of pressures and forces involved in gait

Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 54-59

  Favre, Philippe ^a,c   Exner, Gerhard U ^a   Drerup, Burkhard ^b   Schmid, Denise ^a   Wetz, Hans H ^b   Jacob, Hilaire A C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^c NONE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Contralateral foot; Foot force distribution; Foot pressure measurement; Unaffected foot; Unilateral clubfoot

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLUBFOOT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; FORCE; GAIT; GROUND REACTION FORCE; HEEL; HUMAN; MALE; METATARSAL BONE; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WALKING;

BIOMECHANICS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLUBFOOT; FEMALE; FOOT; GAIT; HUMANS; MALE; PRESSURE;

EID: 33845981872     PISSN: 02716798     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/bpo.0b013e31802b7183     Document Type: Article

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