The mechanics behind the image: Foot and ankle pathology associated with gastrocnemius contracture

Seminars in Musculoskeletal Radiology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 83-90

  Bowers, Andrea L ^a   Castro, Michael D ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b Pennsylvania Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Surgeons   (United States)

^c Farm Journal Building ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Achilles contracture; Foot pathology; Gastroequinus

Indexed keywords

ACHILLES TENDINITIS; ANKLE INJURY; ARTHRITIS; AWARENESS; BIOMECHANICS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FOOT; FOOT DISEASE; FOOT INJURY; FOOT RADIOGRAPHY; FOOT ULCER; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; MUSCLE CONTRACTURE; NEUROPATHIC JOINT DISEASE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PES EQUINUS; PLANTAR FASCIITIS; POSTERIOR TIBIAL TENDON DYSFUNCTION; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RADIOLOGIST; RANGE OF MOTION; REVIEW; WEIGHT BEARING; ANKLE; ARTHROPATHY; CONTRACTURE; DIABETIC NEUROPATHY; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ANKLE JOINT; BIOMECHANICS; CONTRACTURE; DIABETIC NEUROPATHIES; FOOT DISEASES; HUMANS; JOINT DISEASES; MUSCLE, SKELETAL;

EID: 35148838607     PISSN: 10897860     EISSN: 1098898X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-984418     Document Type: Review

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