Physical Therapy in Sport
Volume 10, Issue 3 , Pages 101-104 , August 2009

Extensor hallucis longus tendon injury in taekwondo athletes

  • Kyung Tai Lee

      Affiliations

    • Foot and Ankle service, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Eulji Hospital, Eulji University, School of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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  • Yun Sun Choi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Eulji Hospital, Eulji University School of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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  • Young Koo Lee

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Soonchunhyang University, Bucheon Hospital, 4 Jung-Dong, Wonmi-Gu, Bucheon-Si, Gyeonggi-Do, 420-767, Republic of Korea
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +82 32 621 5272; fax: +82 32 621 5018.
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  • Jeong Pil Lee

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory of Sports Medicine, Korea National Sport University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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  • Ki Won Young

      Affiliations

    • Foot and Ankle service, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Eulji Hospital, Eulji University, School of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
    • ,
  • Shin Yi Park

      Affiliations

    • Foot and Ankle service, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Eulji Hospital, Eulji University, School of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea

Received 30 January 2009 ,Revised 12 May 2009 ,Accepted 19 May 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.ptsp.2009.05.002

Physical Therapy in Sport
Volume 10, Issue 3 , Pages 101-104 , August 2009

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