Anatomy of lateral ankle ligaments and their relationship to bony landmarks

Surgical and Radiologic Anatomy

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 391-397

  Taser, Figen ^a   Shafiq, Qaiser ^a   Ebraheim, Nabil A ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF OHIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Ankle sprints; Anterior talofibular ligament; Calcaneofibular ligament; Lateral ankle ligaments; Posterior talofibular ligament; Quantitative radiography

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ANKLE LATERAL LIGAMENT; ARTICLE; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; BONE REMODELING; CADAVER; CALCANEUS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISSECTION; FEMALE; FIBULA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEG; LIGAMENT INJURY; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; NORMAL VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SURGICAL ANATOMY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANKLE JOINT; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; CADAVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LATERAL LIGAMENT, ANKLE; MALE;

EID: 33746716145     PISSN: 09301038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00276-006-0112-1     Document Type: Article

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