Rehabilitation of the ankle after sprains and fractures

Foot and Ankle Surgery

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 193-199

  Conti, S ^a   Stone, D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANKLE FRACTURE; ANKLE SPRAIN; ATHLETE; BODY POSTURE; BRACE; CRYOTHERAPY; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; ENDURANCE; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPERTHERMIC THERAPY; ORTHOSIS; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPRIOCEPTION; REVIEW; SPORT INJURY; ULTRASOUND; WEIGHT BEARING;

EID: 0032467859     PISSN: 12687731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9584.1998.00117.x     Document Type: Review

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