The effect of Achilles tendon lengthening on ankle dorsiflexion: A cadaver study

Foot and Ankle International

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 414-417

  Costa, Matthew L ^a,b   Logan, Karl ^a,b   Heylings, David ^a,c   Donell, Simon T ^a,c   Tucker, Keith ^a,b  

^a Warwick Medical School ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACHILLES TENDON LENGTHENING; ACHILLES TENDON RUPTURE; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ANKLE; ARTICLE; CADAVER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; JOINT MOBILITY; MEASUREMENT; MORBIDITY; MUSCLE LENGTH; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TENDON SURGERY; WIRE FIXATION;

EID: 33744829245     PISSN: 10711007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/107110070602700605     Document Type: Article

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