Plantar pressure distribution in gait is not affected by targeted reduced plantar cutaneous sensation

Clinical Biomechanics

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 308-313

  Höhne, Angela ^a   Stark, Christian ^b   Brüggemann, Gert Peter ^a  

^a GERMAN SPORT UNIVERSITY COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b Dreifaltigkeitskrankenhaus ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Diabetes; Foot; Gait; Mechanoreceptors; Neuropathy; Plantar pressure; Sensitivity

Indexed keywords

DIABETES; FOOT; GAIT; MECHANORECEPTORS; NEUROPATHY; PLANTAR PRESSURE; SENSITIVITY;

ABERRATIONS; MEDICAL PROBLEMS; PRESSURE DISTRIBUTION; SKIN; SUGAR (SUCROSE);

SENSORY PERCEPTION;

ADULT; ANKLE PRESSURE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETIC FOOT; DIABETIC NEUROPATHY; DYNAMICS; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMAN; MALE; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SENSORY STIMULATION; SKIN SENSATION; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TISSUE PRESSURE; VIBRATION; WALKING;

ADULT; DIABETIC FOOT; DIABETIC NEUROPATHIES; FEMALE; FOOT; GAIT; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, ANATOMIC; PRESSURE; SENSATION; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TOUCH; WALKING;

EID: 60649109786     PISSN: 02680033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiomech.2009.01.001     Document Type: Article

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