Plantar pressure relief using a forefoot offloading shoe

Foot and Ankle Surgery

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 178-182

  Deleu, P A ^a,b   Leemrijse, T ^a   Vandeleene, B ^a   Maldague, P ^a   Devos Bevernage, B ^a  

^a CLINIQUES UNIVERSITAIRES SAINT LUC   (Belgium)

^b Institut D enseignement Supérieur Parnasse Deux Alice   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Barouk postoperative shoe; Forefoot relief shoe; Offloading; Plantar pressure distribution

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOREFOOT OFFLOADING SHOE; HEEL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; METATARSAL BONE; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NORMAL HUMAN; ORTHOPEDIC SHOE; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; PLANTAR PRESSURE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WALKING SPEED; WEIGHT BEARING;

ADULT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FOREFOOT, HUMAN; HUMANS; MALE; PRESSURE; SAMPLING STUDIES; SHOES; WALKING;

EID: 78049482744     PISSN: 12687731     EISSN: 14609584     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fas.2009.10.010     Document Type: Article

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