Imaging of rock climbing injuries

Seminars in Musculoskeletal Radiology

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 334-345

  Martinoli, Carlo ^a   Bianchi, Stefano ^b   Cotten, Anne ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b Clinique des Grangettes   (Switzerland)

^c LILLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Annular pulleys; Hand injuries; MR imaging; Rock climbing; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ANNULAR PULLEY INJURY; ATHLETE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY WEIGHT; CLIMBING; COMPETITION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; FLEXOR MUSCLE; FLEXOR TENDON INJURY; HAND GRIP; HAND INJURY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; ROCK CLIMBING; SPORT; SPORT INJURY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

EID: 28844480992     PISSN: 10897860     EISSN: 1098898X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2005-923378     Document Type: Review

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