Common Acute Sports-Related Lower Extremity Injuries in Children and Adolescents

Clinical Pediatric Emergency Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 31-42

  LaBella, Cynthia R ^a,b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CHILDREN'S MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

ankle sprain; anterior cruciate ligament sprain; avulsion fracture; fifth metatarsal fracture; hamstring strain; lower extremity injuries; medial collateral ligament sprain; patellar dislocation; quadriceps contusion; sports injuries; tibial eminence fracture

Indexed keywords

NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ANKLE SPRAIN; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTUSION; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; FRACTURE; HUMAN; LEG INJURY; MUSCLE STRAIN; NONHUMAN; PATELLA DISLOCATION; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PROGNOSIS; SPORT; SPORT INJURY; SPRAIN;

EID: 34047114387     PISSN: 15228401     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cpem.2007.02.010     Document Type: Article

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