Association between plantar fasciitis and isolated contracture of the gastrocnemius

Foot and Ankle International

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 5-8

  Patel, Amar ^a   DiGiovanni, Benedict ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Gastrocnemius contracture; Plantar fasciitis

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHRONIC DIARRHEA; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; JOINT LIMITATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTURE; OCCUPATION; PES EQUINUS; PLANTAR FASCIITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOLEUS MUSCLE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYMPTOM;

ACUTE DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTRACTURE; FASCIITIS, PLANTAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 79251491696     PISSN: 10711007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3113/FAI.2011.0005     Document Type: Article

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