Multidisciplinary approach to the persistent double distal tendon of the biceps brachii

Surgical and Radiologic Anatomy

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 17-24

  Blasi, Marc ^a,b   De La Fuente, Javier ^c   Martinoli, Carlo ^d   Blasi, Juan ^a   Pérez Bellmunt, Albert ^b   Domingo, Tomás ^a,e   Miguel Pérez, Maribel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT INTERNACIONAL DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^c Orthopedic Surgery Department   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^e HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI DE BELLVITGE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bifid tendons; Distal brachii biceps tendon; Tendon anatomy; Tendon histology; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; REFERENCE VALUES; TENDONS;

EID: 84895066387     PISSN: 09301038     EISSN: 12798517     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00276-013-1136-y     Document Type: Article

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