Vacuum cushioned removable cast walkers reduce foot loading in patients with diabetes mellitus

Gait and Posture

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 11-15

  Nagel, Arne ^a,b   Rosenbaum, Dieter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b Motion Analysis Lab Walstedde Centre for Motion Analysis and Therapy   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Diabetes mellitus; Foot loading; Plantar pressure; Vacuum orthoses

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CAST WALKER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DEVICE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC FOOT; FEMALE; FOOT SOLE; FOOT ULCER; FORCE; GAIT; HUMAN; LOADING TEST; MALE; ORTHOSIS; PLANTAR PRESSURE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRESSURE; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSOR; SHOE; TIME; VACUUM ORTHOSIS; WALKING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BIOMECHANICS; COHORT STUDIES; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC FOOT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT SAFETY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GAIT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOTIC DEVICES; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRESSURE; PROBABILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SHOES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VACUUM; WEIGHT-BEARING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67349137147     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2009.02.007     Document Type: Article

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