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Turkish Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 2025 , Vol 71 , Num 4

A case of medial head of gastrocnemius muscle injury treated with ultrasound-guided percutaneous needle electrolysis

Mustafa Turgut Yildizgoren 1 ,Yurdagul Baygul 2 ,Burak Tayyip Dede 3 ,Bulent Alyanak 4 ,Fatih Bagcier 5
1 Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Necmettin Erbakan University, Faculty of Medicine, Konya, Türkiye
2 Department of Sports Medicine, Konya City Hospital, Konya, Türkiye
3 Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, İstanbul Training and Research Hospital City Hospital, İstanbul, Türkiye
4 Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Gölcük Necati Çelik State Hospital, Kocaeli, Türkiye
5 Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Başakşehir Çam and Sakura City Hospital, İstanbul, Türkiye DOI : 10.5606/tftrd.2025.15763 A 44-year-old female patient presented with a complaint of soreness in the back of her right leg. The pain was located along the posteromedial part of the calf and did not extend distally toward the thigh or ankle. On examination, the patient had an antalgic gait favoring the right leg. There was also mild tissue swelling, discoloration, and bruising on the right calf extending to the posterior aspect of the calcaneus. This case report described a patient who underwent successful percutaneous needle electrolysis therapy for a gastrocnemius medialis muscle injury. Keywords : Galvanic current, gastrocnemius medialis tear, percutaneous needle electrolysis therapy