Awareness of genital health in young male athletes

Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 22-26

  Congeni, Joseph ^a,b,c   Miller, Stephen F ^a   Bennett, Cynthia L ^a  

^a AKRON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Northeastern Ohio Medical University   (United States)

^c Sports Health and Rehab Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Athletic cup; Athletic supporter; Male genital injury; Testicular cancer; Testicular torsion

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATHLETE; AWARENESS; EDEMA; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HEMATOMA; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INJURY; LACERATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; PAIN; PHYSICAL DISEASE BY BODY FUNCTION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; RUPTURE; SCHOOL CHILD; SPORT; TESTIS; TESTIS CANCER; TORSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATHLETIC INJURIES; AWARENESS; CHILD; EMERGENCIES; GENITALIA, MALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; SPERMATIC CORD TORSION; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS; TESTIS;

EID: 14144253292     PISSN: 1050642X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00042752-200501000-00005     Document Type: Review

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