Quadriceps tendon ruptures - Is there a complete functional restitution?

Injury

Volumn 35, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 922-926

  Wenzl, M E ^a   Kirchner, R ^a   Seide, K ^a   Strametz, S ^a   Jurgens C ^a  

^a Berufsgenossenschaftliche Unfallkrankenhaus Hamburg   (Germany)

Author keywords

Isokinetic testing; Lysholm score; Rupture of the quadriceps tendon

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; ISOKINETIC EXERCISE; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; KNEE RADIOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TENDON INJURY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RUPTURE; SUTURES; TENDON INJURIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 4043062810     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-1383(03)00261-4     Document Type: Article

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