The incidence and differential diagnosis of acute groin injuries in male soccer players

Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 98-103

  Ekstrand, Jan ^a   Hilding, J ^a  

^a Linköping Medical Center   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Athletic injuries; Differential diagnosis; Groin; Hernia; Male; Prospective study; Soccer

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INGUINAL CANAL; INGUINAL HERNIA; INGUINAL REGION; INJURY; MALE; PELVIC GIRDLE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOGRAPHY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SOFT TISSUE INJURY; SPORT; TENDON INJURY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GROIN; HERNIA, INGUINAL; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INGUINAL CANAL; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PELVIC BONES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCCER; SOFT TISSUE INJURIES; TENDON INJURIES;

EID: 0033110421     PISSN: 09057188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0838.1999.tb00216.x     Document Type: Article

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