Sever's injury: A stress fracture of the immature calcaneal metaphysis

Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 488-492

  Ogden, John A ^a,b   Ganey, Timothy M ^a   Hill, J David ^a   Jaakkola, Juha I ^a  

^a ATLANTA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Skeletal Educational Association   (United States)

Author keywords

Calcaneus; Sever's; Stress fracture

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE DEVELOPMENT; BONE IMMATURITY; CALCANEUS FRACTURE; CHILD; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; FEMALE; FRACTURE IMMOBILIZATION; HEEL PAIN; HUMAN; IMMATURITY; INFLAMMATION; MALE; METAPHYSEAL TRABECULAR STRESS FRACTURE; METAPHYSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSSIFICATION; OSSIFICATION CENTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPETITIVE STRAIN INJURY; SEVER APOPHYSITIS; SEVER INJURY; STRESS FRACTURE; TRABECULAR BONE;

EID: 4344701252     PISSN: 02716798     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01241398-200409000-00007     Document Type: Article

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