Low Back Pain in the Adolescent Athlete

Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Clinics of North America

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 287-304

  Standaert, Christopher J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ATHLETE; BONE SCINTISCANNING; BRACE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISCOGENIC PAIN; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LOW BACK PAIN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCHEUERMANN DISEASE; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SPINE; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SPONDYLOLISTHESIS; SPONDYLOLYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ATHLETIC INJURIES; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; SPINAL DISEASES; SPINAL INJURIES;

EID: 41449107548     PISSN: 10479651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pmr.2008.01.002     Document Type: Review

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