The Mechanical Characteristics of the Collateral Ligaments of the Human Ankle Joint

Foot & Ankle International

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 1988, Pages 234-242

  Siegler, Sorin ^a   Schneck, Carson D ^b  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANKLE LIGAMENT; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMECHANICS; ELASTICITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; TENDON GRAFT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANKLE JOINT; ANTHROPOMETRY; BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IN VITRO; LIGAMENTS, ARTICULAR; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 0023937426     PISSN: 10711007     EISSN: 19447876     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/107110078800800502     Document Type: Article

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