Effect of foot and ankle position on tarsal tunnel compartment volume

Foot and Ankle International

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 431-437

  Bracilovic, Ana ^a   Nihal, Aneel ^b   Houston, Vern L ^c,d   Beattie, Aaron C ^c   Rosenberg, Zehava S ^c   Trepman, Elly ^e,f,g  

^a New York Presbyterian The University Hospital of Columbia and Cornell ^*  (United States)

^b HULL ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^f Grand Itasca Clinic and Hospital   (United States)

^g HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Entrapment Neuropathy; Posterior Tibial Nerve; Tarsal Tunnel Syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY POSITION; COMPARTMENT SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMMOBILIZATION; MALE; NERVE COMPRESSION; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POSTERIOR TIBIAL NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TARSAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; THICKNESS; TIBIA TUBEROSITY;

EID: 33744799155     PISSN: 10711007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/107110070602700608     Document Type: Article

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