title: Measurements of pressure on the sole of the foot in plaster of Paris casts on the lower leg.
abstract: Pressure on the sole of the foot inside three different types of plaster cast, used in treatment of fracture of the lower leg, was measured on six normal persons. No significant difference was found between these pressures in below-knee plaster, full length plaster including the thigh and patellar-tendon-bearing plaster. Only occasionally a relief in pressure was found in patellar-tendon-bearing plasters.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery T, Herlev Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Denmark.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Lauridsen
authors.forename: C G
authors.initials: CG
authors.lastname: Sørensen
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Christiansen
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Reimann
authors.forename: E C
authors.initials: EC
authors.lastname: Jansen
authors.forename: T K
authors.initials: TK
authors.lastname: Larsen
mesh_terms: D002370:Casts, Surgical; D005528:Foot / Q000502:physiology*; D005684:Gait; D006801:Humans; D007866:Leg; D011312:Pressure; D012016:Reference Values; D014160:Transducers, Pressure