MRI findings in the lumbar spines of asymptomatic, adolescent, elite tennis players

British Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 836-841

  Alyas, F ^a   Turner, M ^b   Connell, D ^a  

^a ROYAL NATIONAL ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b LAWN TENNIS ASSOCIATION   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPATHY; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FRACTURE; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SCLEROSIS; SPINE MALFORMATION; SYNOVIAL CYST; TENNIS;

ADOLESCENT; ATHLETIC INJURIES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; SPINAL DISEASES; SYNOVIAL CYST; TENNIS; ZYGAPOPHYSEAL JOINT;

EID: 35948946856     PISSN: 03063674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjsm.2007.037747     Document Type: Article

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