Quadriceps contusions: Clinical results of immediate immobilization in 120 degrees of knee flexion

Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 383-387

  Aronen, John G ^a,d   Garrick, James G ^a   Chronister, Raymond D ^b   McDevitt, Edward R ^c  

^a Saint Francis Memorial Hospital   (United States)

^b UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY   (United States)

^c Bay Area Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Immediate intervention; Myositis ossificans; Preserve knee motion; Quadriceps contusions

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTUSION; FLEXOR MUSCLE; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; KNEE FUNCTION; MALE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE TRAINING; OSSIFYING MYOSITIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PASSIVE MOVEMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; RANGE OF MOTION; SPORT INJURY; TREATMENT INDICATION; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATHLETIC INJURIES; CONTUSIONS; HUMANS; IMMOBILIZATION; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; MUSCLE STRETCHING EXERCISES; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUADRICEPS MUSCLE; SPORTS MEDICINE; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33749452734     PISSN: 1050642X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.jsm.0000244605.34283.94     Document Type: Article

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