PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - M Constantinou
AU  - A Wilson
TI  - Traumatic tear of tibialis anterior during a Gaelic football game: a case report
AID  - 10.1136/bjsm.2003.007625
DP  - 2004 Dec 01
TA  - British Journal of Sports Medicine
PG  - e30--e30
VI  - 38
IP  - 6
4099  - http://bjsm.bmj.com/content/38/6/e30.short
4100  - http://bjsm.bmj.com/content/38/6/e30.full
SO  - Br J Sports Med2004 Dec 01; 38
AB  - Reports of traumatic injury to the anterior lower leg muscles are scarce, with only a handful of reports of traumatic injury to the tibialis anterior. A database search of Medline, Cinhal, and Sports Discus only revealed three such cases, and they did not result from a direct sporting injury. This report documents the case of a traumatic rupture of tibialis anterior muscle in a young female Gaelic football player. It details the surgical repair and management of tibialis anterior muscle and the physiotherapy rehabilitation to full function.