Neale's Common Foot Disorders: Diagnosis and ManagementThis text is designed as a reference for students and professionals within podiatry and chiropody. Suitable for undergraduates, the book aims to help them pass exams and provides them with an overview of the scope of podiatry practice - the pathology and presenting features of the common conditions encountered, their diagnosis and management, and related therapeutics. The structure of the book makes it suitable for use both as a reference book and as a revision text. |
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Page 108
... fracture ( fatigue fracture ) . Stress fractures occur in normal bones subjected to normal forces occurring for a prolonged or repeated period . These forces are insufficient to cause an acute fracture . Classically , the patient was an ...
... fracture ( fatigue fracture ) . Stress fractures occur in normal bones subjected to normal forces occurring for a prolonged or repeated period . These forces are insufficient to cause an acute fracture . Classically , the patient was an ...
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... fracture . Insufficiency fractures are defined as a particular type of stress fracture that occurs in abnormal bone under normal stress ( Berquist & Johnson 1989 ) . The elderly are prone to insufficiency fractures of the metatarsals as ...
... fracture . Insufficiency fractures are defined as a particular type of stress fracture that occurs in abnormal bone under normal stress ( Berquist & Johnson 1989 ) . The elderly are prone to insufficiency fractures of the metatarsals as ...
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... fractures are very common . However , a bone with osteoporosis is not deficient in its response to fracture repair , and thus usually a very active osteoblastic response leads to adequate fracture callus . A patient with osteoporosis ...
... fractures are very common . However , a bone with osteoporosis is not deficient in its response to fracture repair , and thus usually a very active osteoblastic response leads to adequate fracture callus . A patient with osteoporosis ...
Contents
Examination and assessment | 15 |
Radiological assessment for podiatrists | 33 |
The growing foot | 53 |
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