PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - D H Sochart AU - B P Shravat TI - Bilateral patellar tendon disruption--a professional predisposition? AID - 10.1136/emj.11.4.255 DP - 1994 Dec 01 TA - Journal of Accident & Emergency Medicine PG - 255--256 VI - 11 IP - 4 4099 - http://emj.bmj.com/content/11/4/255.short 4100 - http://emj.bmj.com/content/11/4/255.full SO - Arch Emerg Med1994 Dec 01; 11 AB - A healthy 37-year-old male carpet fitter sustained an injury to both knees while playing football. The clinical signs of patellar tendon disruption were not obvious because of gross skin thickening as a result of his profession, however, the diagnosis was confirmed by ultrasound scan.