A biomechanical evaluation of clinical stress tests for syndesmotic ankle instability

Foot and Ankle International

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 358-363

  Beumer, Annechien ^b   Van Hemert, Wouter L W ^b   Swierstra, Bart A ^b   Jasper, Louis E ^a   Belkoff, Stephen M ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ankle; Biomechanical Evaluation; Injury; Ligaments; Stress Tests; Syndesmosis

Indexed keywords

ANKLE INSTABILITY; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CADAVER; EXERCISE TEST; HUMAN; JOINT DISLOCATION; JOINT FUNCTION; LIGAMENT SURGERY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSDUCER;

EID: 0345700701     PISSN: 10711007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/107110070302400410     Document Type: Article

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