Common Overuse Injuries in the Pediatric and Adolescent Athlete

Clinical Pediatric Emergency Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 7-14

  Soprano, Joyce V ^a,b   Fuchs, Susan M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CHILDREN'S MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

apophysitis; epiphysiolytis; overuse injuries; patellofemoral pain syndrome; pediatric athlete; stress fracture; tendonitis

Indexed keywords

NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PLACEBO;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; CHILD; CHILD GROWTH; CLINICAL TRIAL; EPIPHYSIOLYSIS; GROWTH PLATE; HUMAN; JOINT; LEG PAIN; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; OSTEOCHONDRITIS; PATELLOFEMORAL PAIN SYNDROME; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RADIOGRAPHY; REPETITIVE STRAIN INJURY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPORT; SPORT INJURY; STRESS FRACTURE; TENDINITIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34047117776     PISSN: 15228401     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cpem.2007.02.009     Document Type: Article

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