The increasing incidence of surgically treated quadriceps tendon ruptures

Purpose Due to increased life expectancy and a more active life style of the older people, we hypothesised that the incidence of quadriceps tendon rupture (QTR) is higher than previously reported. The objective of this nationwide population-based study was to investigate the annual incidence of QTR...

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Published in:	Knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA Vol. 27; no. 11; pp. 3644 - 3649
Main Authors:	Reito, Aleksi, Paloneva, Juha, Mattila, Ville M., Launonen, Antti P.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 01.11.2019 John Wiley & Sons, Inc
Subjects:	Age Aged Epidemiology Female Females Finland - epidemiology Hospitals Humans Incidence Injuries Knee Life expectancy Life span Male Medicine Medicine & Public Health Middle Aged Older people Orthopedics Patients Population Population studies Quadriceps muscle Quadriceps Muscle - injuries Registries Risk analysis Risk Factors Rupture - epidemiology Rupture - surgery Surgery Tendon Injuries - epidemiology Tendon Injuries - surgery Tendons Finland Tendon rupture Epidemiology Quadriceps tendon Registry study Incidence
ISSN:	0942-2056, 1433-7347, 1433-7347
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