The Role of Ultrasound in the Evaluation of Sports Medicine Injuries of the Upper Extremity

Clinics in Sports Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 569-590

  Kijowski, Richard ^a   De Smet, Arthur A ^a  

^a University of Wisconsin Health   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACROMIOCLAVICULAR JOINT; ARM INJURY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ECHOGRAPHY; ELBOW; FLEXOR TENDON; HUMAN; IMAGING; JOINT INSTABILITY; LIGAMENT INJURY; MUSCLE INJURY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; REVIEW; ROTATOR CUFF INJURY; SPORT INJURY; SPORTS MEDICINE; SYNOVIAL BURSA; TENDON INJURY; ULTRASOUND;

ATHLETIC INJURIES; ELBOW JOINT; HAND; HAND INJURIES; HUMANS; LIGAMENTS, ARTICULAR; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SHOULDER JOINT; TENDON INJURIES; TENDONS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; UPPER EXTREMITY; WRIST INJURIES; WRIST JOINT;

EID: 33745200281     PISSN: 02785919     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csm.2006.03.004     Document Type: Review

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