Using sonography for the early detection of elbow injuries among young baseball players

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 187, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1436-1441

  Harada, Mikio ^a   Takahara, Masatoshi ^a   Sasaki, Junya ^a   Mura, Nariyuki ^a   Ito, Tomokazu ^b   Ogino, Toshihiko ^a  

^a YAMAGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b YAMAGATA PREFECTURAL CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Elbow; Injury; Musculoskeletal imaging; Pediatric imaging; Screening; Sonography; Sports injuries

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BASEBALL; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; ELBOW INJURY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; OSTEOCHONDRITIS DISSECANS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SHOULDER PAIN; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

AGE FACTORS; ATHLETIC INJURIES; BASEBALL; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ELBOW; HUMANS; MALE; PAIN; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 33751208352     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.05.1086     Document Type: Article

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