Barcelona big man Chimezie Metu suffered a rupture of the Achilles tendon in his right leg, the club announced. The Blaugrana will be without the player for the rest of the season. Metu was injured ...

Because some Achilles tendon ruptures are missed on the initial physical ... the gap between the retracted proximal stump and the distal stump. This nonlongitudinally oriented fibrous tissue ...

Although previous studies have reported male to female rupture ratios between 2:1 and ... in the regions studied or whether the male tendon is somehow more susceptible.