Influence of a fabella in the gastrocnemius muscle on the common fibular nerve in Japanese subjects

Clinical Anatomy

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 893-902

  Tabira, Yoko ^a   Saga, Tsuyoshi ^a   Takahashi, Nagahiro ^a   Watanabe, Koichi ^a   Nakamura, Moriyoshi ^a   Yamaki, Koh Ichi ^a  

^a KURUME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

CF nerve; common fibular nerve; common fibular nerve palsy; Fabella; fibular nerve; peroneal nerve

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BONES OF THE EXTREMITIES; CALF CIRCUMFERENCE; COMMON FIBULAR NERVE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FABELLA BONE; FEMALE; FEMUR CONDYLE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; JAPANESE; KNEE CIRCUMFERENCE; MALE; MUSCLE THICKNESS; NERVE PARALYSIS; PERONEUS NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCIATIC NERVE; SKIN NERVE; SOLEUS MUSCLE; THIGH CIRCUMFERENCE; TIBIAL NERVE; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ARTHRALGIA; CADAVER; KNEE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PERONEAL NEUROPATHIES; SESAMOID BONE; SKELETAL MUSCLE; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHRALGIA; CADAVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PERONEAL NERVE; PERONEAL NEUROPATHIES; SESAMOID BONES;

EID: 84884814671     PISSN: 08973806     EISSN: 10982353     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ca.22153     Document Type: Article

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