Primary care of the sports hernia: Recognizing an often-overlooked cause of pain

Physician and Sportsmedicine

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 35-39

  Johnson, Jason D ^b   Briner, William W ^a  

^a ADVOCATE LUTHERAN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ABDOMINAL WALL MUSCULATURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; HERNIORRHAPHY; HUMAN; INGUINAL CANAL; INGUINAL HERNIA; MALE; OSTEITIS; PAIN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PUBIS SYMPHYSIS; RECTUS ABDOMINIS MUSCLE; SPORT; SPORT INJURY; SYMPTOM;

EID: 13844309583     PISSN: 00913847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3810/psm.2005.02.50     Document Type: Article

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