Comparative results of the conservative treatment in clubfoot by two different protocols

Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics Part B

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 317-321

  Cosma, Dan ^a   Vasilescu, Dana ^a   Vasilescu, Dan ^a   Valeanu, Madalina ^a  

^a IULIU HATIEGANU UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY   (Romania)

Author keywords

Clubfoot; Conservative treatment; Ponseti method

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLUBFOOT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PONSETI METHOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROMANIAN METHOD;

CASTS, SURGICAL; CLUBFOOT; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL MANIPULATIONS; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34548433002     PISSN: 1060152X     EISSN: 14735865     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BPB.0b013e32826d18a6     Document Type: Article

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