Surgical treatment of rectus femoris injury in soccer playing athletes: report of two cases

ABSTRACT Muscle injury is the most common injury during sport practice. It represents 31% of all lesions in soccer, 16% in track and field, 10.4% in rugby, 17.7% in basketball, and between 22% and 46% in American football. The cicatrization with the formation of fibrotic tissue can compromise the mu...

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Main Authors: Leandro Girardi Shimba, Gabriel Carmona Latorre, Alberto de Castro Pochini, Diego Costa Astur, Carlos Vicente Andreoli
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Ortopedia e Traumatologia
Series:Revista Brasileira de Ortopedia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-36162017000600743&lng=en&tlng=en