Physeal widening in the knee due to stress injury in child athletes

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 186, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1260-1264

  Laor, Tal ^a   Wall, Eric J ^a   Vu, Louis P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ST JOSEPH'S HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Growth plates; Knee; MRI; Musculoskeletal imaging; Pediatric imaging; Physes; Sports medicine; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; KNEE INJURY; KNEE RADIOGRAPHY; MALE; METAPHYSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SPORT INJURY; CHILD; FEMUR; FIBULA; INJURY; PATHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TIBIA;

ADOLESCENT; ATHLETIC INJURIES; CHILD; FEMALE; FEMUR; FIBULA; HUMANS; KNEE INJURIES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIBIA;

EID: 33745532437     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.04.1606     Document Type: Article

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