Use of a patient-controlled stretching device to improve the ankle range of motion

Foot and Ankle International

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 110-114

  Trevino, Saul G ^a,b   Buford, William L ^a,c   Vallurupalli, Santaram ^a,b   Rowell, Margaret ^a,b   Panchbhavi, Vinod K ^a,c  

^a University of Missouri Columbia ^*

^b University of Missouri   (United States)

^c University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Ankle; Diabetes; Range of motion

Indexed keywords

ACHILLES TENDINITIS; ADULT; AGED; ANKLE; ANKLE FRACTURE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FLEXOR TENDON; FOOT FRACTURE; GONIOMETRY; HEREDITARY MOTOR SENSORY NEUROPATHY; HUMAN; JOINT CONTRACTURE; JOINT STIFFNESS; MALE; MUSCLE STRETCHING; MUSCLE TRAINING; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGE OF MOTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STRETCHING EXERCISE; STUDENT T TEST; SUBTALAR JOINT; VARIANCE;

EID: 60849083559     PISSN: 10711007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3113/FAI-2009-0110     Document Type: Article

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