The Foot
Volume 21, Issue 4 , Pages 172-175 , December 2011

Metatarsal bars more effective than metatarsal pads in reducing impulse on the second metatarsal head

  • Annie Deshaies

      Affiliations

    • University of Sherbrooke Hospitals, Orthopaedic Service, CHUS-Hôtel Dieu, 580, rue Bowen sud, Sherbrooke, Québec J1G 2E8, Canada
    • ,
  • Patrice Roy

      Affiliations

    • Clinique Podiatrique de l’Estrie, 1135 Boul Jacques-Cartier, Sherbrooke, Québec J1J 3A8, Canada
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  • Panagiotis D. Symeonidis

      Affiliations

    • E.Amynis 18, 54621 Thessaloniki, Greece
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +30 2310 258100; fax: +30 2310 258101.
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  • Bernard LaRue

      Affiliations

    • University of Sherbrooke Hospitals, Orthopaedic Service, CHUS-Hôtel Dieu, 580, rue Bowen sud, Sherbrooke, Québec J1G 2E8, Canada
    • ,
  • Norman Murphy

      Affiliations

    • Tekscan, 4710 des Chanterelles, Rock-Forest, Québec J1N 4J6, Canada
    • ,
  • Éric Anctil

      Affiliations

    • University of Sherbrooke Hospitals, Orthopaedic Service, CHUS-Hôtel Dieu, 580, rue Bowen sud, Sherbrooke, Québec J1G 2E8, Canada

Received 9 February 2011 ,Revised 20 April 2011 ,Accepted 8 May 2011.

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PII: S0958-2592(11)00056-3

doi: 10.1016/j.foot.2011.05.001

The Foot
Volume 21, Issue 4 , Pages 172-175 , December 2011

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