Anatomy of the ankle ligaments: A pictorial essay

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 557-569

  Golanó, Pau ^a   Vega, Jordi ^b   de Leeuw, Peter A J ^c   Malagelada, Francesc ^d   Manzanares, M Cristina ^a   Götzens, Víctor ^a   van Dijk, C Niek ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b Hospital Asepeyo Sant Cugat   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d HOSPITAL DE MATARÓ   (Spain)

Author keywords

Ankle anatomy; Ankle impingement; Ankle sprain; Lateral collateral ligament; Medial collateral ligament

Indexed keywords

ANKLE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; EPIPHYSIS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; LIGAMENT; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; VASCULARIZATION;

ANKLE; ANKLE JOINT; BIOMECHANICS; EPIPHYSES; HUMANS; LIGAMENTS, ARTICULAR; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE;

EID: 77952321661     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: 14337347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-010-1100-x     Document Type: Article

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