Ruptures of the medial head of the gastrocnemius ("tennis leg"): Clinical outcome and compression effect

Clinical Imaging

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 48-53

  Kwak, Hyo Sung ^a   Lee, Kwang Bok ^b   Han, Young Min ^a  

^a Chonbuk National University Medical School   (South Korea)

^b Jeju National University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Athletic injuries; Gastrocnemius muscle; Injuries; Muscle

Indexed keywords

IMAGING TECHNIQUES; MEDICAL PROBLEMS; MUSCLE; PATIENT MONITORING; ULTRASONICS;

ATHLETIC INJURIES; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HEMORRHAGE; INJURIES;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPRESSION THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; FOLLOW UP; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLEUS MUSCLE; TENDON RUPTURE; TRAINING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ATHLETIC INJURIES; BANDAGES; HUMANS; LEG INJURIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PRESSURE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RUPTURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 29244487506     PISSN: 08997071     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinimag.2005.07.004     Document Type: Article

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