A comparison of four in vivo methods of measuring tibial torsion

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 193, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 139-144

  Milner, C E ^a   Soames, R W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Skeleton; Tibial torsional deformity

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; AGE; AGED; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BONE DEVELOPMENT; CADAVER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; JOINT FUNCTION; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; TIBIA TORSION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTHROPOMETRY; BIOMECHANICS; HUMANS; ORTHOPEDICS; POSTURE; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIBIA; TORSION;

EID: 0031709139     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0021878298003768     Document Type: Article

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