Successful conservative treatment of a complete rectus femoris myotendinous junction rupture in a handball player

Successful conservative treatment of a complete rectus femoris myotendinous junction rupture in a handball player

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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 FLIR Camera 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 Capsules and Drops 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.