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Shorter recovery can be achieved from using walking boot after operative treatment of an ankle fracture

BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVE: Ankle fractures, even if treated surgically, usually take a long time to heal. For all patients with ankle fracture, immobilisation is a critical part of treatment. Short-leg walking boots (WBs) have been reported to be an effective alternative to plaster casts (PCs) that could...

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Autores principales: Amaha, Kentaro, Arimoto, Tatsuya, Saito, Masayoshi, Tasaki, Atsushi, Tsuji, Soichi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Asia-Pacific Knee, Arthroscopy and Sports Medicine Society 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5721918/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29264268
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.asmart.2016.09.001