Successful conservative treatment of a complete rectus femoris myotendinous junction rupture in a handball player
Although quadriceps muscle injuries are common among athletes, isolated rupture of rec-tus femoris distal myotendinous junction is considered to be exceptionally rare. These i-njuries occur during powerful contractions of the muscle required for extension of the knee and flexion of the hip. Therefor...
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| author | Iva Sabljić Matilda Sabljak Ana Pejić Ema Grba Dominik Šimatić |
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| description | Although quadriceps muscle injuries are common among athletes, isolated rupture of rec-tus femoris distal myotendinous junction is considered to be exceptionally rare. These i-njuries occur during powerful contractions of the muscle required for extension of the knee and flexion of the hip. Therefore, common symptoms of quadriceps muscle injury are exquisite local tenderness and pain followed by swelling. According to the majority of the most recent published clinical cases, surgical repair is the gold standard but it is still deba-table due to lack of evidence for positive outcome in terms of return to sport. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-c03acc67e83346ab8b2a0473bf03665a2024-04-15T19:23:01ZengHrvatski liječnički zborLiječnički vjesnik0024-34771849-21772023-01-01145Supp 8373710.26800/LV-145-supl8-28Successful conservative treatment of a complete rectus femoris myotendinous junction rupture in a handball playerIva SabljićMatilda SabljakAna PejićEma GrbaDominik ŠimatićAlthough quadriceps muscle injuries are common among athletes, isolated rupture of rec-tus femoris distal myotendinous junction is considered to be exceptionally rare. These i-njuries occur during powerful contractions of the muscle required for extension of the knee and flexion of the hip. Therefore, common symptoms of quadriceps muscle injury are exquisite local tenderness and pain followed by swelling. According to the majority of the most recent published clinical cases, surgical repair is the gold standard but it is still deba-table due to lack of evidence for positive outcome in terms of return to sport.https://hrcak.srce.hr/file/454356conservative treatment, handball player, rectus femoris |
| spellingShingle | Iva Sabljić Matilda Sabljak Ana Pejić Ema Grba Dominik Šimatić Successful conservative treatment of a complete rectus femoris myotendinous junction rupture in a handball player Liječnički vjesnik conservative treatment, handball player, rectus femoris |
| title | Successful conservative treatment of a complete rectus femoris myotendinous junction rupture in a handball player |
| title_full | Successful conservative treatment of a complete rectus femoris myotendinous junction rupture in a handball player |
| title_fullStr | Successful conservative treatment of a complete rectus femoris myotendinous junction rupture in a handball player |
| title_full_unstemmed | Successful conservative treatment of a complete rectus femoris myotendinous junction rupture in a handball player |
| title_short | Successful conservative treatment of a complete rectus femoris myotendinous junction rupture in a handball player |
| title_sort | successful conservative treatment of a complete rectus femoris myotendinous junction rupture in a handball player |
| topic | conservative treatment, handball player, rectus femoris |
| url | https://hrcak.srce.hr/file/454356 |
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