Sports ankle injuries: Assessment and management

Australian Family Physician

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 18-22

  Slimmon, Drew ^a   Brukner, Peter ^b  

^a Hawthorn Football Club   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ankle; Athletic injuries; Soft tissue injuries

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANKLE INJURY; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SPORT INJURY;

ADOLESCENT; ANKLE INJURIES; ATHLETIC INJURIES; AUSTRALIA; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS;

EID: 77954636459     PISSN: 03008495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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