Wimbledon or bust: Nintendo Wii™ related rupture of the extensor pollicis longus tendon

Journal of Hand Surgery: European Volume

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 399-400

  Bhangu, Aneel ^a   Lwin, Michael ^a   Dias, Richard ^a  

^a NEW CROSS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CASE REPORT; ECHOGRAPHY; EXTENSOR POLLICIS LONGUS TENDON RUPTURE; FEMALE; FRACTURE IMMOBILIZATION; GAME; HAND FUNCTION; HAND INJURY; HUMAN; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; LETTER; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOTHERAPY; TENDON RUPTURE; TENOSYNOVITIS;

ADULT; FEMALE; FINGER INJURIES; HUMANS; RUPTURE; TENDON INJURIES; THUMB; VIDEO GAMES; WRIST INJURIES;

EID: 66649130493     PISSN: 17531934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1753193408098906     Document Type: Letter

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