Conservative treatment for osteochondrosis of the humeral capitellum

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 868-872

  Matsuura, Tetsuya ^a   Kashiwaguchi, Shinji ^b   Iwase, Takenobu ^c   Takeda, Yoshitsugu ^d   Yasui, Natsuo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

^b TOKYO KOSEI NENKIN HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c Yoshinogawa   (Japan)

^d TOKUSHIMA RED CROSS HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Baseball; Capitellum; Conservative treatment; Osteochondrosis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BASEBALL; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; ELBOW RADIOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HEALING; HUMAN; HUMERUS HEAD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OSTEOCHONDROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SPORT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ATHLETIC INJURIES; BASEBALL; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; HUMANS; HUMERUS; MALE; OSTEOCHONDRITIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 42249095985     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: 15523365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546507312168     Document Type: Article

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