MR imaging of the elbow in baseball pitchers

Skeletal Radiology

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 115-121

  Ouellette, Hugue ^a   Bredella, Miriam ^a   Labis, John ^b   Palmer, William E ^a   Torriani, Martin ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HOUSTON METHODIST HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Baseball; Elbow; MR imaging; Overhead throwing athlete; Pitcher

Indexed keywords

ARTHROGRAPHY; BASEBALL; BIOMECHANICS; ELBOW; ELBOW INJURY; EPICONDYLITIS; EPIPHYSITIS; GROWTH PLATE; HUMAN; LIGAMENT INJURY; NEURITIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OLECRANON IMPINGEMENT; OSTEOCHONDRITIS DISSECANS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; ROTATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPORT INJURY; ULNA; ULNAR NERVE; VALGUS EXTENSION OVERLOAD SYNDROME;

BASEBALL; BIOMECHANICS; CUMULATIVE TRAUMA DISORDERS; ELBOW JOINT; HUMANS; JOINT DISEASES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

EID: 37349089089     PISSN: 03642348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00256-007-0364-9     Document Type: Review

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