Age determination by magnetic resonance imaging of the wrist in adolescent male football players

British Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 45-52

  Dvorak, Jiri ^a   George, John ^b   Junge, Astrid ^a   Hodler, Juerg ^c  

^a SCHULTHESS CLINIC   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^c ORTHOPEDIC UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BALGRIST   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DETERMINATION; ARTICLE; BONE MATURATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOOTBALL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; WRIST;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DETERMINATION BY SKELETON; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PILOT PROJECTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOCCER; WRIST;

EID: 33846292184     PISSN: 03063674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjsm.2006.031021     Document Type: Article

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