Reliability of ultrasound to measure morphology of the toe flexor muscles

Journal of Foot and Ankle Research

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Mickle, Karen J ^a,b   Nester, Christopher J ^a   Crofts, Gillian ^a   Steele, Julie R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Foot structure; Muscle atrophy; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876141550     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17571146     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1757-1146-6-12     Document Type: Article

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