I am a sports physician. Until recently, the only clots of any interest for me were sportspeople who missed easy goals, dropped catches or couldn’t hit a ball. Clinically, my only interest in thrombosis was in the differential diagnosis of calf tears.
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- Centre for Health, Exercise and Sports Medicine, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC.
Correspondence: p.brukner@unimelb.edu.au
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