An evaluation of the inversion torque of the posterior tibialis versus flexor digitorum longus and flexor hallucis longus posterior tibialis tendon reconstructions

Foot

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 134-137

  Thordarson, D B ^a,b   Merkle, P ^a   Hedman, T ^a   Liao, W L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANKLE; ARTICLE; CALCANEUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FLEXOR TENDON; FORCE TRANSDUCER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TENDON RECONSTRUCTION; TENDON RUPTURE; TORQUE;

EID: 0029909861     PISSN: 09582592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0958-2592(96)90006-1     Document Type: Article

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