Tarsal navicular stress injury: Long-term outcome and clinicoradiological correlation using both computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1875-1881

  Burne, Scott G ^a   Mahoney, Chris M ^b   Forster, Bruce B ^b   Koehle, Michael S ^c   Taunton, Jack E ^b   Khan, Karim M ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Computed tomography (CT); Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI); Navicular stress fracture; Navicular stress reaction

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BONE SCINTISCANNING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EVALUATION; FOLLOW UP; FOOT RADIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMMOBILIZATION; JOINT STIFFNESS; MEDICAL RECORD; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PLASTER CAST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECURRENT DISEASE; REGISTER; SCAPHOID BONE; SCORING SYSTEM; SPORT; SPORTS MEDICINE; STRESS FRACTURE; TARSAL BONE; TARSAL NAVICULAR STRESS FRACTURE; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATHLETIC INJURIES; CASTS, SURGICAL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTURES, STRESS; HUMANS; IMMOBILIZATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPORTS MEDICINE; TARSAL BONES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 28344444640     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546505278253     Document Type: Article

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