Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 87, Issue 5 , Pages 703-709 , May 2006

Dynamic Foot Pressure Measurements for Assessing Foot Deformity in Persons With Spastic Cerebral Palsy

  • Eun Sook Park, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department and Research Institute of Rehabilitation Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
    • BK 21 Project for Medical Sciences, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
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  • Hyun Woo Kim, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
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  • Chang Il Park, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department and Research Institute of Rehabilitation Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
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  • Dong-wook Rha, MD, MS

      Affiliations

    • Department and Research Institute of Rehabilitation Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests to Dong-wook Rha, MD, MS, Seodaemun-gu Shinchon-dong 134, Rehabilitation Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea, 120-752
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  • Chan Woo Park, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department and Research Institute of Rehabilitation Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea

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doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2005.12.038

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 87, Issue 5 , Pages 703-709 , May 2006

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