Strain and slackness of achilles tendon during passive joint mobilization via imaging ultrasonography

Revista Brasileira de Fisioterapia

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 366-372

  Peixinho, Carolina Carneiro ^a,b   Alves, D S ^a   Lacerda, R G ^a   Vieira, T M M ^a   Oliveira, L F ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b UFRJ ^*  (Brazil)

Author keywords

Calcanear tendon; Slackness; Strain; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

EID: 58149189924     PISSN: 14133555     EISSN: 18099246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s1413-35552008000500005     Document Type: Article

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