Simultaneous tears of the achilles tendon and medial head of the gastrocnemius muscle

Orthopedics

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 685-687

  Cottrell, William C ^a   Pearsall IV, Albert W ^a   Hollis, J Marcus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACHILLES TENDON RUPTURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; ECHOGRAPHY; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; KINESIOTHERAPY; MALE; MUSCLE INJURY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PLASTER CAST; SPORT INJURY; TENDON SURGERY; TENNIS;

ACHILLES TENDON; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; TENNIS;

EID: 0036627095     PISSN: 01477447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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