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ELASTIC TRACTION ASSISTING CORRECTION OF CLUB FEET
HAROLD A. SOFIELD
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Assistant Chief Surgeon, Shriners' Hospitals for Crippled Children, Chicago Unit
The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery.  1931; 13:283-286 
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Abstract

1. Elastic traction may be used to shorten materially the length of time necessary for the correction of club feet.

2. This traction provides a constant, effective pressure which brings about change in position slowly, and permits the circulation to readjust itself to the changing position.

3. By means of elastic bands a variety of different units of force can be applied, making this form of traction adaptable to practically all types of club feet.

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