Abnormal viscoelastic behaviour of passive ankle joint movement in diabetic patients: an early or a late complication?
- 3 May 2005
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Science and Business Media LLC in Diabetologia
- Vol. 48 (6), 1225-1228
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s00125-005-1757-8
Abstract
The goal of the present study was to compare the range of motion and both the viscous and elastic components of passive ankle joint movement in short- and long-term diabetic patients with that of a control population.This publication has 7 references indexed in Scilit:
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