Lower extremity musculoskeletal problems in dancers

Current Opinion in Rheumatology

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 130-142

  Schon, Lew C ^a   Weinfeld, Steven B ^a  

^a UNION MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACHILLES TENDON; ANKLE; BALLET DANCER; BIOMECHANICS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DANCING; HALLUX VALGUS; HUMAN; INGROWN NAIL; KNEE; KNEE MENISCUS RUPTURE; LIGAMENT INJURY; METATARSAL BONE; MUSCULOSKELETAL INJURY; NERVE INJURY; ONYCHOMYCOSIS; PATELLA; PERONEUS MUSCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SESAMOID BONE; STRESS FRACTURE; TENDINITIS; TOE;

EID: 0029879212     PISSN: 10408711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002281-199603000-00008     Document Type: Review

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