Stress fractures in athletes

Topics in Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 309-325

  Fredericson, Michael ^a   Jennings, Fabio ^a   Beaulieu, Christopher ^a   Matheson, Gordon O ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Athletic injury; Magnetic resonance imaging; Overuse injury; Stress fracture

Indexed keywords

NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; CALCANEUS FRACTURE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMUR NECK; FEMUR NECK FRACTURE; FEMUR SHAFT; FEMUR SHAFT FRACTURE; FIBULA; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; MALLEOLUS FRACTURE; METATARSAL BONE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATELLA; PELVIS FRACTURE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPETITIVE STRAIN INJURY; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SESAMOID BONE; SPORT INJURY; STRESS FRACTURE; TARSAL BONE; TIBIA; TIBIA FRACTURE; WEIGHT BEARING;

ATHLETIC INJURIES; FRACTURES, STRESS; HUMANS; LEG INJURIES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PELVIC BONES;

EID: 34247118297     PISSN: 08993459     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RMR.0b013e3180421c8c     Document Type: Article

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