Effect of viscoelastic properties of plantar soft tissues on plantar pressures at the first metatarsal head in diabetics with peripheral neuropathy

Physiological Measurement

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 53-66

  Jan, Yih Kuen ^a   Lung, Chi Wen ^b   Cuaderes, Elena ^c   Rong, Daqian ^a   Boyce, Kari ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b ASIA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

diabetic foot ulcers; elasticity; indentation; peak plantar pressure; plantar pressure gradient; quasi linear viscoelasticity; ultrasound

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; DISEASES; ELASTIC MODULI; HISTOLOGY; PRESSURE GRADIENT; TISSUE; VISCOELASTICITY;

BIOMECHANICAL PROPERTIES; DIABETIC FOOT; DIABETIC FOOT ULCER; EFFECTIVE YOUNG'S MODULUS; PEAK PLANTAR PRESSURE; PLANTAR PRESSURE GRADIENT; PLANTAR PRESSURES; QUASI-LINEAR VISCOELASTICITY; SOFT TISSUE;

ULTRASONICS;

EID: 84871433622     PISSN: 09673334     EISSN: 13616579     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0967-3334/34/1/53     Document Type: Article

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