Reliability of ultrasound for measurement of selected foot structures

Gait and Posture

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 35-39

  Crofts, G ^a   Angin, S ^b   Mickle, K J ^a,c   Hill, S ^d   Nester, C J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^d SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Foot structures; Reliability; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ABDUCTOR HALLUCIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; ECHOGRAPHY; FASCIA; FEMALE; FLEXOR DIGITORUM BREVIS; FLEXOR DIGITORUM LONGUS; FLEXOR HALLUCIS BREVIS; FLEXOR HALLUCIS LONGUS; FOOT; FOREFOOT; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE THICKNESS; PERONEUS LONGUS AND BREVIS; PLANTAR FASCIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE; BODY POSTURE; PHYSIOLOGY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; REFERENCE VALUE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ADULT; FEMALE; FOOT; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; POSTURE; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ROC CURVE;

EID: 84888307725     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: 18792219     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2013.05.022     Document Type: Article

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