Diagnosis and Imaging of Ankle Instability

Foot and Ankle Clinics

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 475-496

  Griffith, James F ^a   Brockwell, Jason ^b  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b Sports Physicians ^*  (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANKLE; ANKLE INJURY; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; JOINT INSTABILITY; RADIOGRAPHY; REVIEW;

ANKLE INJURIES; ANKLE JOINT; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY;

EID: 33748445322     PISSN: 10837515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fcl.2006.07.001     Document Type: Review

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