Diagnostic imaging in athletes with chronic lower leg pain

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 191, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1412-1419

  Gaeta, Michele ^a   Minutoli, Fabio ^a   Mazziotti, Silvio ^a   Visalli, Carmela ^a   Vinci, Sergio ^a   Gaeta, Felice ^a   Blandino, Alfredo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

Author keywords

CT; Lower leg pain; MRI

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; BONE TUMOR; BURSITIS; CHRONIC EXERTIONAL COMPARTMENT SYNDROME; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; LEG PAIN; MUSCLE DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERIOSTITIS; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOFT TISSUE CALCIFICATION; TENDINITIS; TIBIA FRACTURE;

ADULT; ATHLETIC INJURIES; CHRONIC DISEASE; CUMULATIVE TRAUMA DISORDERS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; INTERMITTENT CLAUDICATION; LOWER EXTREMITY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PAIN; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASES; TIBIAL FRACTURES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 55549113172     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.07.3379     Document Type: Article

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