Biceps tendon and triceps tendon injuries

Sports Medicine and Arthroscopy Review

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 47-56

  Vidal, Armando F ^a   Allen, Answorth ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute repair; Allograft reconstruction; Chronic rupture; Distal biceps tendon; Tendon injuries; Triceps tendon injury

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

AGE; ANATOMY; ARTICLE; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; BIOMECHANICS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HETEROTOPIC OSSIFICATION; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE INJURY; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MYALGIA; NERVE INJURY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RADIOULNAR JOINT; REHABILITATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYNOSTOSIS; TENDON INJURY; TENDON RUPTURE; TENDON SURGERY; TREATMENT INDICATION; TRICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE;

EID: 0038827070     PISSN: 10628592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00132585-200311010-00007     Document Type: Article

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