High-resolution CT grading of tibial stress reactions in distance runners

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 187, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 789-793

  Gaeta, Michele ^a   Minutoli, Fabio ^b   Vinci, Sergio ^b   Salamone, Ignazio ^b   D'Andréa, Letterio ^a   Bitto, Linda ^a   Magaudda, Ludovico ^a   Blandino, Alfredo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bone; CT; High resolution CT; Sports medicine; Tibia; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE PAIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORTICAL BONE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; MARATHON RUNNER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOM; TIBIA STRESS SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; INJURY; RADIOGRAPHY; RUNNING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STRESS FRACTURE; TIBIA FRACTURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FRACTURES, STRESS; HUMANS; MALE; RUNNING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIBIAL FRACTURES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33748441011     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.05.0303     Document Type: Article

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