The Role of Isolated Gastrocnemius and Combined Achilles Contractures in the Flatfoot

Foot and Ankle Clinics

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 363-379

  DiGiovanni, Christopher W ^a   Langer, Phillip ^b  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACHILLES TENDON; ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; CONTRACTURE; FLATFOOT; GAIT; HUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PES EQUINUS; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

ACHILLES TENDON; ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; CONTRACTURE; EQUINUS DEFORMITY; FLATFOOT; GAIT; HUMANS;

EID: 34249915050     PISSN: 10837515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fcl.2007.03.005     Document Type: Review

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