Athletic pubalgia and the "sports hernia": MR imaging findings

Radiology

Volumn 247, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 797-807

  Zoga, Adam C ^a   Kavanagh, Eoin C ^a   Omar, Imran M ^b   Morrison, William B ^a   Koulouris, George ^c   Lopez, Hector ^d   Chhabra, Avneesh ^e   Domesek, John ^e   Meyers, William C ^e  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d Department of Nursing   (United States)

^e HAHNEMANN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INGUINAL HERNIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE INJURY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEITIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPORTS MEDICINE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; INGUINAL REGION; INJURY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PUBIS SYMPHYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SPORT INJURY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ATHLETIC INJURIES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; GROIN; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PUBIC SYMPHYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 45149091555     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: 15271315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2473070049     Document Type: Article

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