The piano key test: A clinical sign for the identification of subtle tarsometatarsal pathology

Foot and Ankle International

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 437-438

  Keiserman, Luciano S ^a   Cassandra, James ^b   Amis, James A ^c,d  

^a Rheuma Clinic   (Brazil)

^b Grandview Hospital   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^d Lone Star Orthopaedics   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FOOT; FORCE; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PAIN; PIANO KEY TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOGRAPHY; TARSOMETATARSAL JOINT;

EID: 0037766002     PISSN: 10711007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/107110070302400511     Document Type: Article

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