Imaging of Sports Injuries of the Upper Extremity in Children

Clinics in Sports Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 543-568

  Emery, Kathleen H ^a,b  

^a CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARM INJURY; ARTHROGRAPHY; ATHLETE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ELBOW INJURY; EPICONDYLITIS; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GROWTH PLATE; HUMAN; IMAGING; LIGAMENT INJURY; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RADIOGRAPHY; RECURRENT SHOULDER DISLOCATION; REPETITIVE STRAIN INJURY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; ROTATOR CUFF INJURY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHOULDER DISLOCATION; SHOULDER INJURY; SPORT INJURY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; WRIST INJURY;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGE FACTORS; ATHLETIC INJURIES; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; CUMULATIVE TRAUMA DISORDERS; ELBOW JOINT; HUMANS; JOINT DISEASES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ROTATOR CUFF; SHOULDER DISLOCATION; SHOULDER FRACTURES; SHOULDER JOINT; TENDON INJURIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; UPPER EXTREMITY; WRIST INJURIES;

EID: 33745202382     PISSN: 02785919     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csm.2006.02.003     Document Type: Review

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