Lengthening of the gastrocnemius-soleus complex an anatomical and biomechanical study in human cadavers

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 95, Issue 16, 2013, Pages 1489-1496

  Firth, Gregory B ^a   McMullan, Michael ^a   Chin, Terence ^a   Ma, Francis ^a   Selber, Paulo ^a   Eizenberg, Norman ^b   Wolfe, Rory ^b   Graham, H Kerr ^a  

^a ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORMALDEHYDE;

ACHILLES TENDON; ADULT; AGED; APONEUROSIS; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CADAVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYNAMOMETER; FEMALE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; GASTROCNEMIUS SOLEUS COMPLEX LENGTHENING; HUMAN; LEG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PES EQUINUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLEUS MUSCLE; SURGICAL ANATOMY; TENDON SURGERY; VERY ELDERLY; METHODOLOGY; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EQUINUS DEFORMITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES;

EID: 84887237060     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: 15351386     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/JBJS.K.01638     Document Type: Article

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