Distal semitendinosus tendon rupture: Is there any benefit of surgical intervention?

Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 502-504

  Adejuwon, Ademola ^a   McCourt, Pierre ^b   Hamilton, Bruce ^c   Haddad, Fares ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b LoughboroughUniversity   (United Kingdom)

^c ASPETAR ORTHOPAEDIC AND SPORTS MEDICINE HOSPITAL   (Qatar)

Author keywords

Distal semitendinosus; Hamstring; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMITENDINOUS MUSCLE; TENDINITIS; TENDON RUPTURE; ULTRASOUND;

ADULT; HUMANS; KNEE INJURIES; MALE; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; RUNNING; RUPTURE; TENDON INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 73649096896     PISSN: 1050642X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JSM.0b013e3181bd09c7     Document Type: Article

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