Fibula and its ligaments in load transmission and ankle joint stability

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

Volumn 330, Issue , 1996, Pages 261-270

  Wang, Qian ^a,b   Whittle, Michael ^a,c   Cunningham, James ^a,d   Kenwright, John ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b SOUTHERN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE AT CHATTANOOGA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANKLE; ANKLE INSTABILITY; ANKLE LATERAL LIGAMENT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; FIBULA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; JOINT STABILITY; LIGAMENT RUPTURE; LIGAMENT SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WEIGHT BEARING;

EID: 0029809494     PISSN: 0009921X     EISSN: 15281132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003086-199609000-00034     Document Type: Article

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