Plantar pressure relief in the diabetic foot using forefoot offloading shoes

Gait and Posture

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 618-622

  Bus, Sicco A ^a,b   van Deursen, Robert W M ^c   Kanade, Rajani V ^c   Wissink, Marieke ^a   Manning, Erik A ^a   van Baal, Jeff G ^a   Harding, Keith G ^c  

^a TWENTEBORG HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diabetic foot; Footwear; Offloading; Plantar pressure; Ulcer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETIC FOOT; FEMALE; FOOT PAD; FOOT ULCER; FOREFOOT; HALLUX; HUMAN; MALE; METATARSAL BONE; NEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SHOE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; WALKING;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIOMECHANICS; DIABETIC FOOT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FOREFOOT, HUMAN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRESSURE; SHOES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; WALKING;

EID: 63249136992     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2009.01.003     Document Type: Article

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