Length and torsion of the lower limb

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series B

Volumn 79, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1019-1023

  Strecker, W ^a   Keppler, P ^a   Gebhard, F ^a   Kinzl, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEMUR; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEG LENGTH; MALE; MATHEMATICS; NORMAL HUMAN; OSTEOTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; TIBIA; TIBIA TORSION; TORSION; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0030725166     PISSN: 0301620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620X.79B6.7701     Document Type: Article

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