Accessory soleus in the athletes: Literature review and case report of a massive muscle in a soccer player

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 990-995

  Rossi, Roberto ^a,b   Bonasia, Davide Edoardo ^a   Tron, Alessia ^a   Ferro, Andrea ^a   Castoldi, Filippo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Accessory soleus; Ankle; Exertional compartment syndrome; MRI

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANKLE; ARTHRALGIA; CASE REPORT; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SPORT;

ADOLESCENT; ANKLE JOINT; ARTHRALGIA; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; SOCCER;

EID: 70349765280     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: 14337347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-009-0816-y     Document Type: Article

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