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Author: Eileen Toloza, MD, Staff Physician, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Texas at Houston School of Medicine.Coauthor(s): Jennifer Krawczyk, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Emergency Medicine, University of California at Irvine.
Editors: Scott H Plantz, MD, FAAEM, Research Director, Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine; Francisco Talavera, PharmD, PhD, Senior Pharmacy Editor, eMedicine; Jerry Balentine, DO, Professor of Emergency Medicine, New York College of Osteopathic Medicine; Medical Director, Saint Barnabas Hospital.
Last Editorial Review: 10/21/2005
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Muscle contusion indicates a direct, blunt, compressive force to a muscle.

