Rupture of the tibialis posterior tendon: An important differential in the assessment of ankle injuries

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 915-916

  Foster, A P ^a,c   Thompson, N W ^a   Crone, M D ^b   Charlwood, A P ^a  

^a ALTNAGELVIN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b MUSGROVE PARK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; AGED; ANKLE ARTHRODESIS; ANKLE EDEMA; ANKLE INJURY; ANKLE PAIN; ANKLE RADIOGRAPHY; ANKLE SPRAIN; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORTHOPEDICS; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TENDON RUPTURE;

AGED; ANKLE INJURIES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FOOT DEFORMITIES, ACQUIRED; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RUPTURE; SPRAINS AND STRAINS; TENDON INJURIES;

EID: 28844442590     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.2004.014738     Document Type: Article

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