Musculoskeletal colloquialisms: How did we come up with these names?

Radiographics

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1009-1027

  Lee, Patrick ^a   Hunter, Tim B ^b   Taljanovic, Mihra ^b  

^a SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bones, injuries; Extremities, injuries; Fractures

Indexed keywords

ATLANTOAXIAL FRACTURE DISLOCATION; AVIATOR ASTRAGALUS; BACKFIRE FRACTURE; BEAT KNEE; BOOT TOP FRACTURE; BOWING FRACTURE; BOXER FRACTURE; BREAK DANCE THUMB; BUCKET HANDLE FRACTURE; BUMPER FRACTURE; BURST FRACTURE; BUTTERFLY FRAGMENT; CARPET LAYER KNE; CHAUFFEUR FRACTURE; CHIP FRACTURE; CLAY SHOVELER FRACTURE; COMPRESSION FRACTURE; CORNER FRACTURE; DANCER FRACTURE; DASHBOARD FRACTURE; DON JUAN FRACTURE; FENDER FRACTURE; FRACTURE; GAMEKEEPER THUMB; GOLFER WRIST; GREENSTICK FRACTURE; GYMNAST WRIST; HICKORY STICK FRACTURE; HUMAN; IMPACTION FRACTURE; INSUFFICIENCY FRACTURE; JERSEY FINGER; JUMPER FINGER; JUMPERS KNEE; LITTLE LEAGUE ELBOW; LORRY DRIVER FRACTURE; LOVERS FRACTURE; MALLET FINGER; MARCH FRACTURE; MUSCULOSKELETAL INJURY; NIGHTSTICK FRACTURE; NURSEMAID ELBOW; PREACHER KNEE; PREPATELLAR BURSITIS; RADIUS HEAD FRACTURE; REVIEW; RUNNER FRACTURE; SEAT BELT FRACTURE; SEATBELT FRACTURE; SKIER THUMB; SNOWBOARDER FRACTURE; STENER LESION; STRESS FRACTURE; TALUS FRACTURE; TEARDROP FRACTURE; TENNIS ELBOW; TODDLER FRACTURE; TORUS FRACTURE; TURF TOE; WAGON WHEEL FRACTURE; WRESTLER KNEE;

EID: 3242690813     PISSN: 02715333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/rg.244045015     Document Type: Review

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