Relationship between tightness of the posterior muscles of the lower limb and plantar fasciitis

Foot and Ankle International

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 42-48

  Bolívar, Yolanda Aranda ^a   Munuera, Pedro V ^a   Padillo, Juan Polo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Hamstring muscles; Plantar fasciitis; Sleep posture; Tightness; Triceps surae

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANKLE DORSIFLEXION WITH THE KNEE EXTENDED TEST; ANKLE DORSIFLEXION WITH THE KNEE FLEXED TEST; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY POSTURE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HAMSTRING; HUMAN; LEG MUSCLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE TIGHTNESS; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; PLANTAR FASCIITIS; POPLITEAL ANGLE TEST; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGE OF MOTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SLEEP; STRAIGHT LEG ELEVATION TEST; CASE CONTROL STUDY; LEG; MUSCLE TONE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FASCIITIS, PLANTAR; HUMANS; LOWER EXTREMITY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE TONUS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84874793354     PISSN: 10711007     EISSN: 19447876     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1071100712459173     Document Type: Article

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