Humeral cortical and trabecular changes in the throwing athlete: A quantitative computed tomography study of male college baseball players

Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 492-496

  Neil, Jeffry M ^a,c   Schweitzer, Mark E ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NYU HOSPITAL FOR JOINT DISEASES   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Baseball; Bone adaptation; Quantitative computed tomography

Indexed keywords

BONE; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

BONE ADAPTATION; BONE AREA; BONE THICKNESS; CORTICAL BONE; GEOMETRIC VARIABLES; MECHANICAL LOADING; QUANTITATIVE COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIES; VOLUMETRICS;

BASEBALL;

ADAPTATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BASEBALL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLLEGE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICAL BONE; HUMAN; HUMERUS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TRABECULAR BONE; VOLUMETRY; ADOLESCENT; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BASEBALL; HUMANS; HUMERUS; MALE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 45849141235     PISSN: 03638715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RCT.0b013e31811ec72d     Document Type: Article

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