Pelvic stress injuries: The relationship between osteitis pubis (symphysis pubis stress injury) and sacroiliac abnormalities in athletes

Skeletal Radiology

Volumn 26, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 711-717

  Major, Nancy M ^a   Helms, Clyde A ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Athletic injuries; Osteitis pubis; Sacral stress fractures; Sacroiliac osteoarthritis; Stress injuries

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE SCINTISCANNING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISCHIALGIA; MALE; OSTEITIS; PELVIS INJURY; PELVIS RADIOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBIS SYMPHYSIS; SACROILIAC JOINT; SPORT INJURY; STRESS FRACTURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FRACTURES, STRESS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEITIS; PELVIC BONES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PUBIC BONE; SACROILIAC JOINT; SPINAL OSTEOPHYTOSIS; SPORTS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0031466647     PISSN: 03642348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002560050316     Document Type: Article

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