Plantar calcaneal spurs in older people: Longitudinal traction or vertical compression?

Journal of Foot and Ankle Research

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Menz, Hylton B ^a   Zammit, Gerard V ^a   Landorf, Karl B ^a   Munteanu, Shannon E ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 69149099717     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17571146     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1757-1146-1-7     Document Type: Article

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