The use of gravity or manual-stress radiographs in the assessment of supination-external rotation fractures of the ankle

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series B

Volumn 89, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1055-1059

  Schock, H J ^a   Pinzur, M ^a   Manion, L ^a   Stover, M ^a  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANKLE FRACTURE; ANKLE RADIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GRAVITY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; JOINT FUNCTION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPINE POSITION; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANKLE INJURIES; FEMALE; FIBULA; FRACTURES, BONE; GRAVITATION; HUMANS; LIGAMENTS, ARTICULAR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROTATION; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 34848902654     PISSN: 0301620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620X.89B8.19134     Document Type: Article

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