Spectrum of MRI findings in clinical athletic pubalgia

Seminars in Musculoskeletal Radiology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 3-12

  Zajick, Donald C ^a   Zoga, Adam C ^a   Omar, Imran M ^b   Meyers, William C ^c  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Athletes' groin; Groin pain; Magnetic resonance imaging; Osteitis pubis; Pubalgia; Sports hernia

Indexed keywords

APONEUROSIS; ATHLETE; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; PUBIC BONE; PUBIS SYMPHYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; TENDON INJURY;

ATHLETIC INJURIES; CONTRAST MEDIA; FRACTURES, STRESS; GROIN; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; OSTEITIS; PELVIC PAIN; PUBIC SYMPHYSIS; SPRAINS AND STRAINS;

EID: 42049119351     PISSN: 10897860     EISSN: 1098898X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2008-1067933     Document Type: Review

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