The boundary of the vastus medialis oblique and the vastus medialis longus

Journal of Physical Therapy Science

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-4

  Ono, Takeya ^a   Riegger Krugh, Cheryl ^b   Bookstein, Nancey A ^b   Shimizu, Michele Eisemann ^a   Kanai, Shusaku ^a   Otsuka, Akira ^a  

^a PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF HIROSHIMA   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Vastus medialis longus; Vastus medialis oblique

Indexed keywords

EID: 27944440109     PISSN: 09155287     EISSN: 09155287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1589/jpts.17.1     Document Type: Article

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