Selective Blocks of the Motor Nerve Branches to the Soleus and Tibialis Posterior Muscles in the Management of the Spastic Equinovarus Foot

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 54-58

  Deltombe, Thierry ^a   De Wispelaere, Jean François ^a   Gustin, Thierry ^a   Jamart, Jacques ^a   Hanson, Philippe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF MONT GODINNE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Equinovarus; Muscle spasticity; Nerve block; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ACHILLES TENDON; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR CONTROL; MOTOR NERVE BLOCK; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE SPASM; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NEUROLYSIS; PES EQUINOVARUS; SENSORY NERVE; SOLEUS MUSCLE; SPASTICITY; STROKE; TIBIALIS POSTERIOR MUSCLE;

EID: 0346098311     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-9993(03)00405-2     Document Type: Article

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