Clinical Biomechanics
Volume 16, Issue 8 , Pages 714-716 , October 2001

Quantification of first tarsometatarsal joint stiffness in hallux valgus patients

  • F.W.M. Faber

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Leyenburg Hospital, P.B. 40551, 2504 The Hague, Netherlands
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  • P.E. Zollinger

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Leyenburg Hospital, P.B. 40551, 2504 The Hague, Netherlands
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  • G.J. Kleinrensink

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anatomy, Erasmus University, Rotterdam, Netherlands
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  • L. Damen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Rehabilitation, University Hospital, Rotterdam, Netherlands
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  • P.G.H. Mulder

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Erasmus University, Rotterdam, Netherlands
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  • C.J. Snijders

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biomedical Physics and Technology, Erasmus University, Rotterdam, Netherlands
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  • J.A.N. Verhaar

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University Hospital, Rotterdam, Netherlands

Received 21 December 2000 ,Accepted 4 May 2001.

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Clinical Biomechanics
Volume 16, Issue 8 , Pages 714-716 , October 2001

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