Bilateral Partial Rupture of Triceps Tendon: Case Report and Quantitative Assessment of Recovery

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 787-792

  Harris, Peter Christian ^a   Atkinson, David ^a   Moorehead, John David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL AINTREE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bilateral triceps tendon rapture

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BILATERAL TRICEPS TENDON RUPTURE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN; MALE; ORTHOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TENDON; TENDON RUPTURE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TRICEPS TENDON;

ADULT; ARM INJURIES; HUMANS; MALE; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RUPTURE; TENDON INJURIES; WEIGHT LIFTING;

EID: 1942503215     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546503258903     Document Type: Article

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