The Foot
Volume 20, Issue 1 , Pages 1-6 , March 2010

Preliminary investigation on the reduction of plantar loading pressure with different insole materials (SRP – Slow Recovery Poron®, P – Poron®, PPF – Poron®+Plastazote, firm and PPS – Poron®+Plastazote, soft)

  • Jasper W.K. Tong

      Affiliations

    • Podiatry Department, Blk 1 Level 1, Rehab Centre, Singapore General Hospital, Outram Road, Singapore 169608, Singapore
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +65 6326 6902; fax: +65 6326 5496.
    • ,
  • Eddie Y.K. Ng

      Affiliations

    • School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, College of Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 50 Nanyang Avenue, Singapore 639798, Singapore

Received 29 January 2009 ,Revised 13 December 2009 ,Accepted 16 December 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.foot.2009.12.004

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