Application of MRI of the wrist for age determination in international U-17 soccer competitions

British Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 497-500

  Dvorak, Jiri ^a   George, John ^b   Junge, Astrid ^a   Hodler, Juerg ^c  

^a SCHULTHESS CLINIC   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^c ORTHOPEDIC UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BALGRIST   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE DETERMINATION; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; WRIST;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DETERMINATION BY SKELETON; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; RADIUS; REFERENCE VALUES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOCCER; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; WRIST;

EID: 34547667543     PISSN: 03063674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjsm.2006.033431     Document Type: Article

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