"Silent" bone stress injuries in the feet of diabetic patients with polyneuropathy: A report on 12 cases

Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery

Volumn 127, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 171-177

  Chantelau, E ^a   Richter, A ^a   Ghassem Zadeh, N ^a   Poll, L W ^a  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Charcot foot; Diabetes mellitus; Fatigue; Osteoarthropathy; Stress fracture

Indexed keywords

INSULIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE INJURY; BONE MARROW DISEASE; BONE STRESS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC FOOT; DIABETIC NEUROPATHY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FOOT EDEMA; FOOT MALFORMATION; FOOT PAIN; FOOT RADIOGRAPHY; FOOT ULCER; FRACTURE; FRACTURE HEALING; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROPATHIC JOINT DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PLASTER CAST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOM; WALKING; WEIGHT BEARING;

AGED; BANDAGES; DIABETIC FOOT; EDEMA; FEMALE; FOOT BONES; FRACTURES, STRESS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 33947620040     PISSN: 09368051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00402-006-0271-x     Document Type: Article

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