Congenital clubfoot: Aspects on epidemiology, residual deformity and patient reported outcome

Acta Orthopaedica

Volumn 81, Issue SUPPL. 339, 2010, Pages 1-25

  Wallander, Henrik M ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADDUCTION; CALCANEUS; CAST APPLICATION; CHI SQUARE TEST; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLUBFOOT; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; ECHOGRAPHY; EXTERNAL FIXATOR; FOOT; FOOT PAIN; FOREFOOT; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GAIT; HUMAN; ILIZAROV TECHNIQUE; INCIDENCE; JOINT FUNCTION; JOINT RADIOGRAPHY; JOINT STIFFNESS; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PES EQUINOVARUS; PES EQUINUS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANK SUM TEST; REVIEW; SHOE; SHORT FORM 36; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STUDENT T TEST; SUBLUXATION; SUBTALAR JOINT; TALUS; TARSAL BONE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

CHILD; CLUBFOOT; FEMALE; FOOT; HUMANS; MALE; MANIPULATION, ORTHOPEDIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 78649685721     PISSN: 17453674     EISSN: 17453682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/17453671003619045     Document Type: Review

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