Surgical treatment of pectoralis major rupture in athletes

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 129-133

  Pavlik, A ^a   Csepai D ^a   Berkes, I ^a  

^a Natl Institute for Sports Medicine   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Muscle rupture; Pectoralis major; Sports injury

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PECTORALIS MAJOR MUSCLE; RUPTURE; SPORT INJURY; SURGERY; WRESTLING;

ADULT; ATHLETIC INJURIES; HUMANS; MALE; PECTORALIS MUSCLES; RUPTURE; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; WRESTLING;

EID: 0031639202     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001670050085     Document Type: Article

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