What does GT stand for?

Greater Trochanter

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Samples in periodicals archive:

An Unpaired T-Test was performed to evaluate possible differences in body weight, height, greater trochanter height from ground and age between male and female subjects.

Gender specific strategies in demanding hopping conditions

A larger study in which all measurements are taken in a specifically documented manner, including the greater trochanter is desirable for our evidence base.

Assessment of a new method of cane measurement: a pilot study

Aponeuros la refers to flattened tendons of any type, such as the pes anserinus tendon or the aponeurotic tendon of the gluteus minimus as it attaches to the greater trochanter.

Lumbar Tendinosis

While overnutrition is associated with functional limitation, padding over the greater trochanter, whether by adipose tissue or external hip protectors, is associated with reduced risk of hip fracture.

Nutritional assessment in a falls clinic--unanswered questions. ...

A physician diagnosed the condition as trochanteric tendinitis/bursitis, but despite a steroid injection in the region of the greater trochanter and ultrasonic therapy, I still have pain.

Persistent hip pain. (The Clinic)

Measure the knee angle achieved in the bottomed-out position by aligning the goniometer with the midlines of the thigh (using the axis of the greater trochanter and lateral epicondyle) and lower leg (using the axis of the fibular head and lateral malleolus).

Simple Guidelines For the Development of Flexibility

The incomplete intertrochanteric fracture is characterized by a fracture line that extends from the greater trochanter into the medullary space but does not disrupt the medial femoral cortex.

Use of MRI for Incomplete Intertrochanteric Fractures

Common areas of breakdown due to contractures include not only the heel, greater trochanter or coccyx, but the antecubital [inside the elbow] and popliteal [back of the knee] areas.

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