Muscle imbalance and reduced ankle joint motion in people with hammer toe deformity

Clinical Biomechanics

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 670-675

  Kwon, O Y ^a   Tuttle, L J ^b   Johnson, J E ^c   Mueller, M J ^b  

^a Yonsei University   (South Korea)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Foot; Hammer toe deformity; Muscle

Indexed keywords

ANKLE JOINTS; CAUSAL RELATIONSHIPS; CLINICAL MEASURE; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY IMAGES; DORSIFLEXIONS; EXTENSOR MUSCLES; FOOT; HIGHLY-CORRELATED; METATARSOPHALANGEAL JOINTS; MULTIPLE FACTORS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; POTENTIAL RISKS; RANGE OF MOTIONS; SUBTALAR JOINTS; TIBIAL TORSION;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DEFORMATION; HAMMERS; MEDICAL IMAGING; TOOLS; TORSIONAL STRESS;

MUSCLE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FEMALE; FLEXOR MUSCLE; HAMMER TOE; HUMAN; JOINT FUNCTION; JOINT MOBILITY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; METATARSOPHALANGEAL JOINT; MUSCLE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; FEMALE; HAMMER TOE SYNDROME; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; POSTURAL BALANCE; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR;

EID: 68749119389     PISSN: 02680033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiomech.2009.05.010     Document Type: Article

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