An 18-year review of sports groin injuries in the elite hockey player: Clinical presentation, new diagnostic imaging, treatment, and results

Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 221-226

  Brown, Rea A ^a   Mascia, Anthony ^b   Kinnear, Douglas G ^a   Lacroix, Vincent ^a   Feldman, Liane ^a   Mulder, David S ^a  

^a MONTREAL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b HUMBER RIVER REGIONAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Elite athlete; Groin injury; Surgical repair

Indexed keywords

POLITEF;

ADOLESCENT; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FASCIA; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INGUINAL REGION; LOWER ABDOMINAL PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MORBIDITY; MUSCLE INJURY; NERVE SURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPORT INJURY; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADULT; GROIN; HOCKEY; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE;

EID: 43449085820     PISSN: 1050642X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JSM.0b013e318172831a     Document Type: Article

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