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• a  relating to or located near a tibia

• For years doctors measured thyroid function by testing how fast the tibial muscle jerks when the Achilles tendon is tapped.
• He believes that by restoring normal foot posture, relieving pressure upon the posterior tibial nerve, he can relieve the diseases.
• The most important artery, the posterior tibial, was destroyed for a length of several inches and was beyond repair.

News & Articles

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• Golden State Warriors waive Joe Alexander, Seth Curry, Dewayne Dedmon
  The Golden State Warriors have waived forward Joe Alexander, guard Seth Curry and center Dewayne Dedmon, the team announced today. Alexander, 26, was signed as a free agent on September 27 and did not appear in a preseason game due to a tibial stress reaction in his left leg. Curry, 23, was signed as a free agent [...]
  Oct. 25, 2013 - Inside Hoops

Quotes

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• Gwyneth Paltrow in ABC News
  I suffered a pretty severe tibial plateau fracture a few years ago (requiring surgery) which lead the orthopaedic surgeon to give me a bone scan, at which point it was discovered I had the beginning stages of osteopenia,she wrote in a recent...
• Rich Braham in Dayton Daily News (registration)
  It was a tibial plateau fracture (just below the left knee),Braham said. "It broke and slid down into my leg and scarred down. But the tough thing about it was - from my understanding from the doctors - it was crushed, and when it crushed,...