Tarsal tunnel syndrome: A review of the literature

Foot and Ankle International

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 201-209

  Lau, John T C ^a,b   Daniels, Tim R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c Jones Building ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; FOOT INJURY; FOOT MALFORMATION; HUMAN; NEOPLASM; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SURGICAL APPROACH; TARSAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; TIBIAL NERVE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0033033619     PISSN: 10711007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/107110079902000312     Document Type: Review

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