Expert Opinion and Controversies in Sports and Musculoskeletal Medicine: The Diagnosis and Treatment of Spondylolysis in Adolescent Athletes

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 88, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 537-540

  Standaert, Christopher J ^a   Herring, Stanley A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent medicine; Magnetic resonance imaging; Rehabilitation; Spondylolysis; Sports medicine

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BIOMECHANICS; BRACE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FRACTURE HEALING; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RADIOGRAPHY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SPONDYLOLYSIS; SPORTS MEDICINE;

EID: 33947585919     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2007.01.007     Document Type: Note

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