Does distal tibiofibular joint mobilization decrease limitation of ankle dorsiflexion?

Manual Therapy

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 117-121

  Fujii, Misaki ^a   Suzuki, Daisuke ^b   Uchiyama, Eiichi ^a   Muraki, Takayuki ^a   Teramoto, Atsushi ^b   Aoki, Mitsuhiro ^a   Miyamoto, Shigenori ^a  

^a SAPPORO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SAPPORO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ankle limitation; Cyclic loading; Joint mobilization; Tibiofibular joint

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANKLE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CADAVER; FEMALE; FIBULA; HUMAN; JOINT LIMITATION; JOINT MOBILIZATION; KINEMATICS; LOADING TEST; MALE; MALLEUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGE OF MOTION; TIBIA;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANKLE INJURIES; ANKLE JOINT; CADAVER; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; FIBULA; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH DYNAMOMETER; MUSCULOSKELETAL MANIPULATIONS; PRONATION; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; ROTATION; TIBIA;

EID: 73449084407     PISSN: 1356689X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.math.2009.08.008     Document Type: Article

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