Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 87, Issue 2 , Pages 235-240 , February 2006

The Correlation Between Selected Measurements From Footprint and Radiograph of Flatfoot

  • Chia-Hsin Chen, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Chung-Ho Memorial Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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  • Mao-Hsiung Huang, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Chung-Ho Memorial Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Tien-Wen Chen, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Chung-Ho Memorial Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Ming-Cheng Weng, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Chung-Ho Memorial Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Chia-Ling Lee, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Chung-Ho Memorial Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Gwo-Jaw Wang, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopedics, Kaohsiung Medical University School of Medicine, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests to Gwo-Jaw Wang, MD, Dept of Orthopedics, Kaohsiung Medical University School of Medicine, 100 Shin-Chuan 1st Rd, Kaohsiung City 807, Taiwan

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 No commercial party having a direct financial interest in the results of the research supporting this article has or will confer a benefit upon the author(s) or upon any organization with which the author(s) is/are associated.

PII: S0003-9993(05)01331-6

doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2005.10.014

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 87, Issue 2 , Pages 235-240 , February 2006

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