Tarsal Coalitions: Etiology, Diagnosis, Imaging, and Stigmata

Clinics in Podiatric Medicine and Surgery

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 105-117

  Kernbach, Klaus J ^a  

^a KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Calcaneal fibular remodeling; Calcaneonavicular coalition; Flatfoot; Middle facet talocalcaneal coalition; Pes planus; Tarsal coalition

Indexed keywords

COMORBIDITY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FAMILY HISTORY; FLATFOOT; FOOT INJURY; FOOT MALFORMATION; FOOT PAIN; FOOT RADIOGRAPHY; FOOT SURGERY; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PES EQUINUS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SUBTALAR JOINT; SYMPTOM; TARSAL COALITION; TARSAL TUNNEL SYNDROME;

HUMANS; SYNOSTOSIS; TARSAL BONES;

EID: 71049123576     PISSN: 08918422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cpm.2009.08.006     Document Type: Review

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