Spatial orientation of the subtalar joint axis is different in subjects with and without Achilles tendon disorders

British Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 45, Issue 13, 2011, Pages 1029-1034

  Reule, Claudia A ^a   Alt, Wilfried W ^a   Lohrer, Heinz ^b   Hochwald, Harald ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

^b Institute for Sports Medicine   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACHILLES TENDON; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CUMULATIVE TRAUMA DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RUNNING; SUBTALAR JOINT; TENDINITIS;

ACHILLES TENDON; ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; COHORT STUDIES; CUMULATIVE TRAUMA DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RUNNING; SUBTALAR JOINT; TENDINOPATHY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80052962637     PISSN: 03063674     EISSN: 14730480     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjsm.2010.080119     Document Type: Article

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