MR imaging findings in spring ligament insufficiency

Skeletal Radiology

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 245-250

  Yao, Lawrence ^a   Gentili, Amilcare ^b   Cracchiolo, Andrea ^b  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ligament, spring; MRI, foot, injury; Pes planus; Posterior tibial tendonopathy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIGAMENT; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PLANTARIS MUSCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; SURGERY; TENDON; TIBIA;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; FLATFOOT; FOOT; FOOT INJURIES; HUMANS; LIGAMENTS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TENDONS;

EID: 0032998904     PISSN: 03642348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002560050510     Document Type: Article

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