Immediate external compression in the management of an acute muscle injury

Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 182-190

  Thorsson, O ^a   Lilja, B ^b   Nilsson, P ^b   Westlin, N ^b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b NONE

Author keywords

External compression; Muscle injury; Range of motion; Serum creatine kinase; Soccer; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

CREATINE KINASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANKLE; ARTICLE; BANDAGE; BLOOD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONTUSION; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INJURY; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; KNEE; LEG INJURY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SPORT INJURY; THIGH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANKLE; ATHLETIC INJURIES; BANDAGES; CONTUSIONS; CREATINE KINASE; HUMANS; KNEE; LEG INJURIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; THIGH; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 0031155230     PISSN: 09057188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0838.1997.tb00137.x     Document Type: Article

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