A randomized controlled trial of two types of in-shoe orthoses in children with flexible excess pronation of the feet

Foot and Ankle International

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 715-723

  Whitford, Deirdre ^a,b   Esterman, Adrian ^a  

^a Spencer Gulf Rural Health School ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Children; Orthoses; Pronation; RCT

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST; EXERCISE; FOOT DISEASE; FOOT ORTHOSIS; FOOT PAIN; HUMAN; IN SHOE ORTHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEASUREMENT; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF CONCEPT; STATISTICAL MODEL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CHILD; FOOT DISEASES; HUMANS; ORTHOTIC DEVICES; PRONATION; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SHOES; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34249810930     PISSN: 10711007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3113/FAI.2007.0715     Document Type: Article

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