The response of the flexor digitorum longus and posterior tibial muscles to tendon transfer and calcaneal osteotomy for stage II posterior tibial tendon dysfunction

Foot and Ankle International

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 671-674

  Rosenfeld, Peter F ^a,b   Dick, Jonathan ^a,c   Saxby, Terence S ^a,d  

^a St Mary's Hospital ^*

^b ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c THE PRINCE CHARLES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d Brisbane Foot and Ankle Centre   (Australia)

Author keywords

Flexor Digitorum Longus; Posterior Tibial Tendon Dysfunction; Tendon Transfer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CALCANEUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FLEXOR DIGITORUM LONGUS MUSCLE; FLEXOR MUSCLE; FOOT; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE HYPERTROPHY; MUSCLE MASS; OSTEOTOMY; POSTERIOR TIBIAL TENDON DYSFUNCTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TENDON TRANSFER;

EID: 24644486915     PISSN: 10711007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/107110070502600902     Document Type: Article

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