Compensation for rotational malalignment after intramedullary nailing for femoral shaft fractures: An analysis by plantar pressure measurements during gait

Injury

Volumn 35, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1270-1278

  Jaarsma, R L ^a   Ongkiehong, B F ^a   Gruneberg C ^a   Verdonschot, N ^a   Duysens, J ^a,b   Van Kampen, A ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b SMK Research   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Femoral fracture; Foot progression angle; Gait analysis; Intramedullary nailing; Plantar pressure measurement; Rotational malalignment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEVICE; FEMALE; FEMUR MALFORMATION; FEMUR SHAFT FRACTURE; FOOT; GAIT; HUMAN; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; WEIGHT BEARING;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADULT; BONE MALALIGNMENT; BONE NAILS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FEMORAL FRACTURES; FEMUR; FOOT; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTRAMEDULLARY; GAIT; HUMANS; MALE; PRESSURE; ROTATION; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 9144225811     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2004.01.016     Document Type: Article

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