Syndesmotic Ankle Sprains in Football: A Survey of National Football League Athletic Trainers

Journal of Athletic Training

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 15-18

  Doughtie, Mark ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Diastasis; Distal tiblofibular syndesmosis

Indexed keywords

EID: 0004413525     PISSN: 10626050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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