Spontaneous rupture of the popliteus tendon in a 74-year-old woman and review of the literature

Arthroscopy

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 860-864

  Murray, James R D ^a,b   Grundy, Julian R B ^a   Collins, Iona E ^a   Mundil, Nilesh ^a   Pongratz, Robert ^a   Woods, David A ^a  

^a GREAT WESTERN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Beechley Cottage   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Popliteus rupture; Tendinopathy

Indexed keywords

EID: 5044234457     PISSN: 07498063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arthro.2004.07.007     Document Type: Article

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