Bilateral patellar tendon rupture without predisposing systemic disease or steroid use: A case report and review of the literature

Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery

Volumn 125, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 127-133

  Kellersmann, Richard ^a,b   Blattert, Thomas R ^a   Weckbach, Arnulf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Knee injuries; Knee surgery; Patella ligament; Precipitating factors; Tendon injuries

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DYNAMIC EXERCISE; ECHOGRAPHY; FALLING; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; ISOMETRIC EXERCISE; JOINT MOBILITY; JOINT STABILITY; KNEE INSTABILITY; KNEE RADIOGRAPHY; KNEE SURGERY; MALE; MOBILIZATION; MUSCLE TRAINING; PATELLA CHONDROMALACIA; PATELLA TENDON; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PLASTER CAST; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TENDON RECONSTRUCTION; TENDON RUPTURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WIRE FIXATION;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; PATELLA; RUPTURE; TENDON INJURIES;

EID: 15944371873     PISSN: 09368051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00402-004-0782-2     Document Type: Article

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