Musculoskeletal Key

Fig. 20.1 Schematic drawing of the posterior view of the lower leg illustrates the plantaris muscle The long tendon is commonly harvested by orthopedic surgeons as an autograft for ligament…

Fig. 9.1 A 20-year-old male patient with overexertion of the upper-arms during exercise in the early afternoon. After a delay of 5 h, the patients reported rapidly progressive pain and…

Fig. 5.1 Acute injury to the medial gastrocnemius: increased calf volume and characteristic forefoot gait Fig. 5.2 Acute injury of the hip adductors: early development of a large hematoma Palpation…

Fig. 21.1 A 20-year-old male tennis player with acute medial calf pain. Longitudinal ultrasound image reveals a large hematoma (arrows) between the soleus and the medial gastrocnemius aponeurosis with distal…

Fig. 13.1 Schematic drawing of the abdominal wall muscles. RA rectus abdominis, EO external oblique, IO internal oblique, T transverse muscle 13.2.2 Oblique Muscles and Transversus Abdominis The external oblique…

Groups Muscles Posterior Trapezius (1), rhomboideus (2), splenius capitis (3), semi spinalis (4), multifidus (5), longissimus cervicis (6), splenius cervicis (8) Lateral Ilio costalis (7), levator scapula (9),posterior (10), middle…

Fig. 14.1 A 28-year-old male athlete with an injury to the myotendinous junction of the left adductor longus (AL). (a) Coronal and (b) axial short tau inversion recovery MRI show…

Fig. 30.1 Cervical sub-region (a) chosen for DXA measurements (b) With DXA, the least detectable mass is 250 g. The accuracy rate is 2 % for a reproducibility of ±…

Fig. 23.1 15-year-old-male soccer player 8 days after direct contusion on the thigh. Axial ultrasound shows an ill-defined area of hyperechogenicity (arrows) within the vastus intermedius muscle consistent with contusion…

Fig. 6.1 Extensive grade 1 muscle injury on MRI. Coronal T2-weighted fat-suppressed image depicts typical diffuse feathery appearance (of semimembranosus muscle in this example). This effect is due to fluid…