Rupture of the medial gastrocnemius muscle during namaz praying: An unusual cause of tennis leg

Computerized Medical Imaging and Graphics

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 728-731

  Yilmaz, Cengiz ^a   Orgenc, Yaman ^a   Ergenc, Ruken ^a   Erkan, Nazif ^a  

^a Izmir Ataturk Training and Research Hospital   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Gastrocnemius muscle; Namaz praying; Tennis leg

Indexed keywords

ASSOCIATED FLUIDS; CLINICAL PRESENTATIONS; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSES; DIAGNOSTIC TOOLS; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLES; MEDIAL GASTROCNEMIUS; MR IMAGING; MUSCULOTENDINOUS JUNCTIONS; NAMAZ PRAYING; SONOGRAPHIC; TENNIS LEG;

MUSCLE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEG PAIN; LEG SWELLING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYOPATHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOLEUS MUSCLE; TENNIS LEG;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEG INJURIES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RELIGION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RUPTURE; SOFT TISSUE INJURIES;

EID: 55649123443     PISSN: 08956111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compmedimag.2008.09.001     Document Type: Article

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