Comparison of surgeon and physiotherapist-directed Ponseti treatment of idiopathic clubfoot

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 91, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1101-1108

  Janicki, Joseph A ^a   Narayanan, Unni G ^b   Harvey, Barbara J ^b   Roy, Anvesh ^c   Weir, Shannon ^b   Wright, James G ^b  

^a CHILDREN'S MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACHILLES TENDON; ARTICLE; BRACE; CANADA; CAST APPLICATION; CHILD; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLUBFOOT; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; FOOT MALFORMATION; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; ORTHOSIS; PES EQUINUS; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PONSETI METHOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; REPEAT PROCEDURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGEON; TENOTOMY; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACHILLES TENDON; CASTS, SURGICAL; CHILD; CLUBFOOT; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMANS; MALE; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; PHYSICAL THERAPY (SPECIALTY); RECURRENCE; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 69549091042     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/JBJS.H.00178     Document Type: Article

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