Use of a static adjustable ankle-foot orthosis following tibial nerve block to reduce plantar-flexion contracture in an individual with brain injury

Physical Therapy

Volumn 82, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1087-1097

  Blanton, Sarah ^a   Grissom, Samuel P ^a   Riolo, Lisa ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ankle joint; Brain injury; Contracture; Range of motion; Static adjustable orthosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANKLE; ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATION; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; FLEXION CONTRACTURE; FLEXOR MUSCLE; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; NERVE BLOCK; ORTHOSIS; PASSIVE MOVEMENT; PHYSIOTHERAPY; STRETCHING; TIBIAL NERVE;

EID: 0036846132     PISSN: 00319023     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ptj/82.11.1087     Document Type: Article

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