Quantifying the motion of Kager's fat pad

Journal of Orthopaedic Research

Volumn 27, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1457-1460

  Ghazzawi, Ahmad ^a   Theobald, Peter ^a   Pugh, Neil ^a   Byrne, Carl ^a   Nokes, Len ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Achilles tendon; Enthesis organ; Kager's triangle; Retrocalcaneal bursa

Indexed keywords

ACHILLES TENDON; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANKLE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY MASS; CALCANEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JOINT MOBILITY; KAGER FAT PAD; LEG MUSCLE; LUBRICATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGE OF MOTION;

ACHILLES TENDON; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; ANKLE JOINT; BIOMECHANICS; CALCANEUS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT;

EID: 70350225671     PISSN: 07360266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jor.20900     Document Type: Article

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