The Foot
Volume 19, Issue 3 , Pages 145-148 , September 2009

Foot orthoses and dental appliances—Is there a relationship?

  • Ramsay Sloss

      Affiliations

    • Faculty of Health, Staffordshire University, Leek Road, Stoke on Trent ST4 2DF, United Kingdom
    • Glasgow Primary Care NHS Trust, Glasgow, United Kingdom
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  • Nachiappan Chockalingam

      Affiliations

    • Faculty of Health, Staffordshire University, Leek Road, Stoke on Trent ST4 2DF, United Kingdom
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +44 1782 295853.
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  • Elaine Yule

      Affiliations

    • Faculty of Health, Staffordshire University, Leek Road, Stoke on Trent ST4 2DF, United Kingdom
    • Glasgow Primary Care NHS Trust, Glasgow, United Kingdom
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  • David Dunning

      Affiliations

    • Faculty of Health, Staffordshire University, Leek Road, Stoke on Trent ST4 2DF, United Kingdom
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  • Anand Pandyan

      Affiliations

    • School of Health & Rehabilitation, Keele University, Newcastle under Lyme ST5 5BG, United Kingdom

Received 29 August 2008 ,Revised 20 May 2009 ,Accepted 21 May 2009.

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PII: S0958-2592(09)00053-4

doi: 10.1016/j.foot.2009.05.002

The Foot
Volume 19, Issue 3 , Pages 145-148 , September 2009