Medicine:Boot

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A boot is a medical device worn during treatment and recovery of a variety of foot injuries. Along with orthopedic casts, leg braces, splints and orthotics, it is a form of immobilizing and weight bearing for injuries to the foot area.[1][2]

Notes

  1. ↑ "Achilles tendon rupture - aftercare". National Institutes of Health. 2012-06-28. https://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/patientinstructions/000546.htm. Retrieved 2012-11-25. 
  2. ↑ "Lisfranc (Midfoot) Injury". American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons. December 2011. http://orthoinfo.aaos.org/topic.cfm?topic=A00162. Retrieved 2012-11-25. 





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