The use of standing lateral tibial-calcaneal angle as a quantitative measurement of achilles tendon contracture in adult acquired flatfoot

Foot and Ankle International

Volumn 27, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 685-688

  Arangio, George A ^a,b   Wasser, Thomas ^a   Rogman, Alberic ^a  

^a Valley Sports and Arthritis Surgeons ^*

^b LEHIGH VALLEY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Achilles Tendon Contracture; Adult Acquired Flatfoot; Ankle; Tibial Calcaneal Angle

Indexed keywords

ACHILLES TENDON; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLATFOOT; FOOT RADIOGRAPHY; GONIOMETRY; HUMAN; MALE; MEASUREMENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TENDON CONTRACTURE; TIBIAL CALCANEAL ANGLE;

EID: 33748570464     PISSN: 10711007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/107110070602700905     Document Type: Article

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