Tibialis posterior tenosynovitis and associated pes plano valgus in rheumatoid arthritis: Electromyography, multisegment foot kinematics, and ultrasound features

Arthritis Care and Research

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 495-502

  Barn, Ruth ^a   Turner, Deborah E ^a   Rafferty, Daniel ^a   Sturrock, Roger D ^b   Woodburn, James ^a  

^a GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b GLASGOW ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANKLE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE DURATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOREFOOT; HUMAN; KINEMATICS; MALE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; TENOSYNOVITIS; TIBIALIS POSTERIOR MUSCLE; ULTRASOUND; WALKING;

ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; BIOMECHANICS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FLATFOOT; FOOT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TENOSYNOVITIS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; WALKING;

EID: 84875736163     PISSN: 2151464X     EISSN: 21514658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/acr.21859     Document Type: Article

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