The athletic hernia: A systematic review

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

Volumn 455, Issue , 2007, Pages 78-87

  Swan Jr , Kenneth G ^a,b   Wolcott, Michelle ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ANATOMY; ATHLETE HERNIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; HERNIA; HUMAN; INGUINAL PAIN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAIN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FOOTBALL; HISTOLOGY; INGUINAL CANAL; INGUINAL HERNIA; INGUINAL REGION; INJURY; LAPAROSCOPY; PATHOLOGY; REVIEW; SPORT; SPORT INJURY;

ATHLETIC INJURIES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FOOTBALL; GROIN; HERNIA, INGUINAL; HOCKEY; HUMANS; INGUINAL CANAL; LAPAROSCOPY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SOCCER;

EID: 33846816715     PISSN: 0009921X     EISSN: 15281132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BLO.0b013e31802eb3ea     Document Type: Conference Paper

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