Assessment of the medial head of the gastrocnemius muscle in functional compression of the popliteal artery

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1189-1196

  Pillai, Jayandiran ^a   Levien, Lewis J ^a   Haagensen, Mark ^a   Candy, Geoffrey ^a   Cluver, Michelle D V ^a   Veller, Martin G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE HYPERTROPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POPLITEAL ARTERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; ARTERIAL OCCLUSIVE DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; POPLITEAL ARTERY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SYNDROME;

EID: 55049095246     PISSN: 07415214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2008.06.057     Document Type: Article

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