MR imaging of sports-related groin pain

Magnetic Resonance Imaging Clinics of North America

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 727-742

  Nelson, Erik N ^a   Kassarjian, Ara ^a   Palmer, William E ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATHLETE; AVULSION INJURY; BURSITIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTUSION; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INGUINAL REGION; LUMBAR DISK HERNIA; MUSCULOSKELETAL INJURY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAIN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RADIODIAGNOSIS; REPETITIVE STRAIN INJURY; REVIEW; SCINTIGRAPHY; SPORT INJURY; STRESS FRACTURE; TENDON INJURY;

ATHLETIC INJURIES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; GROIN; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; SPRAINS AND STRAINS;

EID: 27744572879     PISSN: 10649689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mric.2005.08.009     Document Type: Review

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