Isolated tears of the gracilis muscle

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1077-1080

  Pedret, Carles ^a,b,c   Balius, Ramon ^d   Barceló, Pablo ^e   Miguel, Maribel ^f   Lluís, Anna ^g   Valle, Xavier ^f,h,i   Gougoulias, Nikolaos ^j   Malliaropoulos, Nikolaos ^k   Maffulli, Nicola ^l  

^a Institut de Diagnòstic per la Imatge IDI Tarragona Terres de Ebre   (Spain)

^b Centro Mapfre de Medicina Del Tenis   (Spain)

^c Unitat Medicina de l'Esport Consorci Sanitari Del Garraf   (Spain)

^d Consell Català de l'Esport Generalitat de Catalunya ^*  (Spain)

^e Futbol Club Barcelona   (Spain)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^g Centres Mèdics Creu Blanca   (Spain)

^h Medical Services   (Spain)

ⁱ Institut Arquer de l'Aparell Locomotor   (Spain)

^j ECOSEP Scientific Committee   (Greece)

^k National Track and Field Centre   (Greece)

^l QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

gracilis muscle; magnetic resonance imaging; muscle injury; sports; ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; CONVALESCENCE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SPORT INJURY; THIGH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATHLETES; ATHLETIC INJURIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THIGH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79955699006     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: 15523365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546510394436     Document Type: Article

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