Importance and challenges of measuring intrinsic foot muscle strength

Journal of Foot and Ankle Research

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Soysa, Achini ^a   Hiller, Claire ^a   Refshauge, Kathryn ^a   Burns, Joshua ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b SYDNEY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dynamometer; Foot; Muscle strength; Muscles; Toes

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872419719     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17571146     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1757-1146-5-29     Document Type: Review

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