Dissecting the accessory soleus muscle: A literature review, cadaveric study, and imaging study

Clinical Anatomy

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 903-910

  Hatzantonis, Catherine ^a   Agur, Anne ^b   Naraghi, Ali ^c   Gautier, Shelley ^b   McKee, Nancy ^b  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

Author keywords

accessory soleus muscle; anatomical variation; ankle pain; calcaneal tendon; gastrocnemius; magnetic resonance imaging; soleus

Indexed keywords

ACCESSORY SOLEUS MUSCLE; ADULT; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ANKLE; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CALCANEUS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOLEUS MUSCLE; TENDON;

DISSECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL;

EID: 80052419905     PISSN: 08973806     EISSN: 10982353     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ca.21188     Document Type: Article

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