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[Orthopedic shoes and their modifications]
J Barca Durán1, A Tiburcio Domínguez, R Rodríguez Flores
1Departamento de Enfermería, E.U.E. Universidad de Extremadura, Cáceres.
Revista De Enfermeria (Barcelona, Spain)
|September 18, 1998
Abstract:
The bone structure of the foot, knee and hip and their principle deformities are presented. With this in mind, the orthopedic shoe and its modifications are discussed as an extremely important element in correcting deformities that cause walking alterations, pain, etc.... How the shoes are made, the basic characteristics they should possess, which shoes are appropriate for which age, and problems the wrong shoe type can provoke are also discussed.