The anatomy of the achilles tendon

Foot and Ankle Clinics

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 225-238

  O'Brien, Moira ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACHILLES TENDON; ANKLE; FLEXOR MUSCLE; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; JUMPING; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; PLANTARIS MUSCLE; REVIEW; RUNNING; SOLEUS MUSCLE; TENDON; WEIGHT BEARING;

ACHILLES TENDON; HUMANS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL;

EID: 19544385572     PISSN: 10837515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fcl.2005.01.011     Document Type: Review

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