Current management of clubfoot (congenital talipes equinovarus)

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 340, Issue 7741, 2010, Pages 308-312

  Bridgens, Joshua ^a   Kiely, Nigel ^a  

^a ROBERT JONES AND AGNES HUNT ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRACE; CAST APPLICATION; CLUBFOOT; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR;

CLUBFOOT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; ORTHOTIC DEVICES; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; RECURRENCE; SHOES;

EID: 76149111997     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.c355     Document Type: Review

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