Rectus sheath haematoma: A rare presentation of non-contact strenuous exercises

British Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 688-690

  Sharma, Hemant ^b   Shekhawat, Narayan Singh ^a   Bhandari, Sudhir ^a   Memon, Breda ^b   Memon, Muhammed Ashraf ^b,c  

^a SMS MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b WHISTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c Astley House   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANALGESIC AGENT;

ABDOMEN; ABDOMINAL DISTENSION; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; AGED; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DRUG USE; EMERGENCY SURGERY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; INFERIOR EPIGASTRIC ARTERY; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; RECTUS ABDOMINIS MUSCLE; RECTUS SHEATH HEMATOMA; YOGA;

AGED; ASPIRIN; ATHLETIC INJURIES; FEMALE; HEMATOMA; HUMANS; LAUGHTER THERAPY; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULAR DISEASES; RECTUS ABDOMINIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOGA;

EID: 34948849181     PISSN: 03063674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjsm.2007.036087     Document Type: Article

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