Clinical Research on Foot & Ankle
Open Access

Akira Taniguchi

Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Nara Medical University, Nara, Japan

Biography

Dr. Taniguchi works at Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Nara Medical University, Nara, Japan.
Have research interest in Total ankle prosthesis; osteoarthritis; Rheumatoid arthritis; Ankle.
Have taken Foot & Ankle as the subject of study. 

Publications

Change of the X-ray Beam Angle may Influence Ankle Image of Weight-bearing Anteroposterior View: Trial to Evaluate Ankle Joint on Standing Whole-leg Radiograph

Upon evaluating the ankle joint structures by using standing whole-leg anteroposterior (AP) radiographs, the angle at which the X-ray beam is projected to the ankle joint, may distort the image. The accuracy and validity of the measurement of the ankle joint structure was investigated using weight-bearing AP radiographs obtained at several angles o... Read More»

Ryuhei Katsui, Tadashi Fujii, Katsuya Ito, Akira Taniguchi and Yasuhito Tanaka

Research Article: Clin Res Foot Ankle 2016, 3: 184

DOI: 10.4172/2329-910X.1000184

Abstract Peer-reviewed Full Article Peer-reviewed Article PDF