Tibialis posterior dysfunction: A common and treatable cause of adult acquired flatfoot

British Medical Journal

Volumn 329, Issue 7478, 2004, Pages 1328-1333

  Kohls Gatzoulis, Julie ^a   Angel, John C ^a   Singh, Dishan ^a   Haddad, Fares ^b   Livingstone, Julian ^c   Berry, Greg ^d  

^a ROYAL NATIONAL ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b MIDDLESEX HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c BARNET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d MONTREAL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANAMNESIS; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FLATFOOT; FOOT SURGERY; HUMAN; MUSCLE DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TENDON LESION; TIBIALIS POSTERIOR MUSCLE; POSTERIOR TIBIAL TENDON DYSFUNCTION; RISK FACTOR; SHOE;

FLATFOOT; HUMANS; POSTERIOR TIBIAL TENDON DYSFUNCTION; RISK FACTORS; SHOES;

EID: 16544383439     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.329.7478.1328     Document Type: Review

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