Pressure gradient and subsurface shear stress on the neuropathic forefoot

Clinical Biomechanics

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 342-348

  Lott, Donovan J ^a,b   Zou, Dequan ^b   Mueller, Michael J ^a,b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Diabetes mellitus; Foot ulceration; Plantar pressure

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; BIOMECHANICS; LIVING SYSTEMS STUDIES; MEDICAL PROBLEMS; PRESSURE GRADIENT; SHEAR STRESS;

DIABETES MELLITUS; FOOT ULCERATION; PLANTAR PRESSURE;

JOINTS (ANATOMY);

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC FOOT; DIABETIC NEUROPATHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOREFOOT; HUMAN; MALE; POST HOC ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEAR STRESS;

AGED; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIABETIC FOOT; ELASTICITY; FEMALE; FOOT; GAIT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PRESSURE; SHEAR STRENGTH; STRESS, MECHANICAL; WALKING;

EID: 39149083445     PISSN: 02680033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiomech.2007.10.005     Document Type: Article

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