A stereophotographic study of ankle joint contact area

Journal of Orthopaedic Research

Volumn 25, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1465-1473

  Millington, Steven ^a   Grabner, Markus ^a   Wozelka, Ralph ^a   Hurwitz, Shepard ^a   Crandall, Jeff ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Ankle; Joint contact area; Joint loading; Stereophotography

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CADAVER; FIBULA; FLEXOR MUSCLE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEREOPHOTOGRAMMETRY;

ANKLE JOINT; FEMALE; FIBULA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTOGRAMMETRY; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; TALUS; TIBIA; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 36749000559     PISSN: 07360266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jor.20425     Document Type: Article

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