Functional anatomy of the Achilles tendon

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 638-643

  Doral, Mahmut Nedim ^a   Alam, Mahbub ^b   Bozkurt, Murat ^c   Turhan, Egemen ^d   Atay, Ozgür Ahmet ^a   Dönmez, Gürhan ^a   Maffulli, Nicola ^e  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b BARTS HEALTH NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c Etlik Ihtisas Hospital   (Turkey)

^d ZONGULDAK KARAELMAS UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^e QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Achilles tendon; Anatomy; Biomechanics; Sensory innervation; Vascular supply

Indexed keywords

ACHILLES TENDON; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CALCANEUS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY;

ACHILLES TENDON; BIOMECHANICS; CALCANEUS; HUMANS;

EID: 77952319418     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: 14337347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-010-1083-7     Document Type: Article

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