Outcomes in bilateral and simultaneous quadriceps tendon rupture

Orthopedics

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 797-798

  Shah, Mrugeshkumar K ^a  

^a and Red Sox Foundation and Massachusetts General Hospital Home Base Program   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; DATA ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; FALLING; FEMALE; FISHER EXACT TEST; HUMAN; KIDNEY DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; TENDON RUPTURE; TIME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; RUPTURE; TENDON INJURIES; THIGH; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0042924197     PISSN: 01477447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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