Pelvic Stress Injuries in the Athlete: Management and Prevention

Sports Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 13, 2003, Pages 1003-1012

  Miller, Christine ^a   Major, Nancy ^a   Toth, Alison ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CORTISONE; ESTROGEN; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; PHOSPHATE;

ATHLETE; BONE DENSITY; BONE MINERAL; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EXERCISE; FORCE; HISTORY; HUMAN; MENSTRUATION DISORDER; MUSCLE FATIGUE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PELVIS INJURY; PELVIS RADIOGRAPHY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSIOTHERAPY; REST; REVIEW; STRESS; THEORY; TRAINING; ULTRASOUND;

ATHLETIC INJURIES; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FRACTURES, STRESS; HUMANS; MENSTRUATION DISTURBANCES; PELVIC BONES; SACRUM;

EID: 0142154993     PISSN: 01121642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/00007256-200333130-00005     Document Type: Review

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