The manual stress test may not be sufficient to differentiate ankle ligament injuries

Clinical Biomechanics

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 619-623

  Fujii, Tadashi ^a   Luo, Zong Ping ^a   Kitaoka, Harold B ^a   An, Kai Nan ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Anterior talofibular ligament; Calcaneofibular ligament; Diagnosis; Stress test

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSIS; LIGAMENTS; STRESS ANALYSIS;

MANUAL STRESS TEST;

BIOMECHANICS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CALCANEUS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IN VITRO STUDY; LIGAMENT INJURY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TECHNIQUE; TIBIA;

AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANKLE INJURIES; ANKLE JOINT; BIOMECHANICS; CADAVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIGAMENTS, ARTICULAR; MALE; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 0034308342     PISSN: 02680033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0268-0033(00)00020-6     Document Type: Article

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