Common Injuries of the Foot and Ankle in the Child and Adolescent Athlete

Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Clinics of North America

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 347-371

  Malanga, Gerard A ^a,b,c   Ramirez Del Toro, Jose A ^d  

^a RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b Mountainside Hospital   (United States)

^c OVERLOOK HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d Sports Medicine and Spinal Intervention   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANKLE FRACTURE; ANKLE INJURY; ANKLE SPRAIN; ATHLETE; AVULSION FRACTURE; BONE DEVELOPMENT; CHILD; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; FOOT INJURY; FRACTURE TREATMENT; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; GROWTH PLATE; HUMAN; ISELIN DISEASE; JONES FRACTURE; KINESIOTHERAPY; KOHLER APOPHYSITIS; LISFRANC INJURY; METATARSAL STRESS FRACTURE; MUSCLE TRAINING; NAVICULAR STRESS FRACTURE; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; ORTHOTICS; OSTEOCHONDRITIS DISSECANS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PLANTAR FASCIITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REHABILITATION CARE; REPETITIVE STRAIN INJURY; REVIEW; SEVER APOPHYSITIS; SPORT INJURY; STRESS FRACTURE;

ADOLESCENT; ANKLE; ANKLE INJURIES; ATHLETIC INJURIES; CHILD; FOOT; FOOT INJURIES; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS;

EID: 41449092463     PISSN: 10479651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pmr.2007.11.003     Document Type: Review

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