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The investigation of tendon ECM alterations in response to stress relaxation for improving the Ponseti method

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Congenital clubfoot or congenital talipes equinovarus (CTEV) is a complex paediatric foot deformity which will lead to long-term disability, deformity, and pain if left untreated. At present, the Ponseti method composed of a series of manipulation and casting is recognized as the standard treatment for clubfoot. However, the evaluation for the treatment outcome is based primarily on the clinical examinations and functional parameters while no work has explored the material response and the al...

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University of Oxford
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MPLS
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Materials
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0000-0001-6120-9826
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DPhil
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Doctoral
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University of Oxford
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2024-01-14

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