The Role of Ultrasound in the Evaluation of Sports Injuries of the Lower Extremities

Clinics in Sports Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 867-897

  Blankenbaker, Donna G ^a   De Smet, Arthur A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACHILLES TENDON; AVULSION INJURY; BURSITIS; CHONDROPATHY; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECHOGRAPHY; EFFUSION; HEMATOMA; HIP DISEASE; HUMAN; JOINT EFFUSION; KNEE MENISCUS RUPTURE; LEG INJURY; LIGAMENT INJURY; MUSCLE INJURY; NEUROMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATELLA TENDON; PERONEUS MUSCLE; PLANTAR FASCIITIS; POPLITEAL CYST; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; REVIEW; SEROMA; SPORT INJURY; SYNOVITIS; TENDON INJURY; TIBIALIS POSTERIOR MUSCLE; ANKLE INJURY; FOOT INJURY; HIP INJURY; INJURY; KNEE INJURY; LEG;

ANKLE INJURIES; ATHLETIC INJURIES; FOOT INJURIES; HIP INJURIES; HUMANS; KNEE INJURIES; LOWER EXTREMITY;

EID: 33748209563     PISSN: 02785919     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csm.2006.06.004     Document Type: Review

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