A handball player with a tennis leg: Incentive for muscle sonography and intermittent pneumatic compression during the follow up

Article type: Case Report

Authors: Aydoǧ, Sedat Tolga^{a; *} | Özçakar, Levent^b

Affiliations: [a] Department of Sports Medicine, Hacettepe University Medical School, Ankara, Turkey | [b] Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Hacettepe University Medical School, Ankara, Turkey

Correspondence: [*] Address for correspondence: Sedat Tolga Aydoǧ, Hacettepe University Medical School, Department of Sports Medicine, Ankara, 06100, Turkey. Tel.: +90 312 3051347; Fax: +90 312 3064019; E-mail: taydog@hacettepe.edu.tr; tolgaaydog66@yahoo.com

Abstract: This case report presents using ultrasonography for Tennis leg (TL) injury for follow up, and also presents treating the same problems with intermittent pneumatic compression (IPC).

Keywords: Tennis leg, intermittent pneumatic compression, muscle sonography, rehabilitation, follow up

DOI: 10.3233/BMR-2007-20407

Journal: Journal of Back and Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation, vol. 20, no. 4, pp. 181-183, 2007