Single strenuous event: Does it predispose to inguinal herniation?

Hernia

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 493-496

  Sanjay, P ^a   Woodward, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL GLAMORGAN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Inguinal hernia; Lifting; Strenuous

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; COUGHING; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GARDENING; HERNIOPLASTY; HUMAN; INGUINAL HERNIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE STRAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COUGH; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HERNIA, INGUINAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURGICAL MESH; WEIGHT LIFTING;

EID: 36549086847     PISSN: 12654906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10029-007-0253-0     Document Type: Article

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