Isolated recession of the gastrocnemius muscle: The Baumann procedure

Foot and Ankle International

Volumn 28, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1154-1159

  Herzenberg, John E ^a,b   Lamm, Bradley M ^a   Corwin, Chris ^a   Sekel, John ^a  

^a Rubin Institute for Advanced Orthopedics ^*

^b SINAI HOSPITAL OF BALTIMORE   (United States)

Author keywords

Baumann procedure; Equinus; Gastrocnemius muscle; Soleus muscle

Indexed keywords

ACHILLES TENDON; ADULT; ARTICLE; BAUMANN PROCEDURE; CADAVER; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; GONIOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; JOINT FUNCTION; KNEE FUNCTION; MUSCLE LENGTH; MUSCLE RESECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLEUS MUSCLE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TENOTOMY;

ACHILLES TENDON; ADULT; ANKLE; ARTHROMETRY, ARTICULAR; CADAVER; HUMANS; KNEE; LEG; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES;

EID: 35649013259     PISSN: 10711007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3113/FAI.2007.1154     Document Type: Article

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