Hand injuries in rock climbers

Bulletin of the NYU Hospital for Joint Diseases

Volumn 64, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 172-177

  Kubiak, Erik N ^d   Klugman, Jeffrey A ^d   Bosco III, Joseph A ^a,b,c  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NYU HOSPITAL FOR JOINT DISEASES   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EXERCISE; FLEXOR TENDON INJURY; GRIP STRENGTH; HAND INJURY; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAIN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RANGE OF MOTION; REVIEW; ROCK CLIMBING; SPORT INJURY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRAINING; ULTRASOUND;

ATHLETIC INJURIES; BIOMECHANICS; FINGER INJURIES; HAND INJURIES; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; LIGAMENTS, ARTICULAR; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RUPTURE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33845960269     PISSN: 19369719     EISSN: 19369727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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