Nintendo Wii related achilles tendon rupture: First reported case and literature review of motion sensing video game injuries

BMJ Case Reports

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages

  Singh, Rohit ^a   Manoharan, Gopikanthan ^a   Moores, Thomas Steven ^a   Patel, Amit ^a  

^a ROYAL SHREWSBURY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACHILLES TENDON RUPTURE; ADULT; ANKLE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER PROGRAM; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LEG PAIN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGE OF MOTION; RECREATION; RUNNING; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 84900824331     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1757790X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2013-202657     Document Type: Article

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