Concomitant Contracture of the Knee and Ankle Joint After Gastrocnemius Muscle Rupture: A Case Report

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• 作者：Dong Jin Ryu ; MD¹ ; Joon Mee Kim ; MD ; PhD² ; Bom Soo Kim ; MD³ ; ^{bskim.md@gmail.com}
• 关键词：4
• 刊名：The Journal of Foot and Ankle Surgery
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：January-February 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：56
• 期：1
• 页码：87-91
• 全文大小：1578 K
• 卷排序：56

文摘

Injury of the medial head of the gastrocnemius, also called “tennis leg,” is known to heal uneventfully in most cases with compression and immobilization therapy. Failure to heal or long-term complications, including ongoing pain and pes equinus, have been documented in only a limited number of case reports. To the best of our knowledge, a severe concomitant contracture of the knee and ankle joint as a consequence of a maltreated gastrocnemius muscle rupture has not been previously reported in English-language reports. The purpose of the present study was to report a serious complication of neglected tennis leg with a review of the published data.