Quadratus lumborum asymmetry and L4 pars injury in fast bowlers: A prospective MR study

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 910-917

  Engstrom, Craig M ^a   Walker, Duncan G ^b   Kippers, Vaughan ^a   Mehnert, Andrew J H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adolescent Athletes; Cricket; Lumbar spine; Muscle morphometry; Paraspinal muscles; Stress fractures

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; BACK MUSCLE; CALCULATION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INJURY; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LUMBAR SPINE; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SWIMMING;

ADOLESCENT; ATHLETIC INJURIES; FRACTURES, STRESS; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUEENSLAND;

EID: 34249987902     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: 15300315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/mss.0b013e3180408e25     Document Type: Article

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