Determination of safe return to play for athletes recovering from infectious mononucleosis: A review of the literature

Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 410-416

  Waninger, Kevin N ^a   Harcke, H Theodore ^b  

^a ST LUKE S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NEMOURS ALFRED I DUPONT HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

Author keywords

Athletes; Epstein Barr virus; Infectious mononucleosis; Injury; Mono; Spleen rupture

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATHLETE; DECISION MAKING; EVALUATION; HUMAN; LIVER; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MONONUCLEOSIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLEEN;

DECISION MAKING; DISABILITY EVALUATION; HERPESVIRUS 4, HUMAN; HUMANS; INFECTIOUS MONONUCLEOSIS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RISK FACTORS; RUPTURE, SPONTANEOUS; SAFETY; SPLEEN; SPORTS; SPORTS MEDICINE;

EID: 27944500634     PISSN: 1050642X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.jsm.0000187077.82230.64     Document Type: Article

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