Jumper's knee in volleyball athletes: Advancements in diagnosis and treatment

Current Sports Medicine Reports

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 296-302

  Hyman, Garrett S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; POLIDOCANOL;

ARTHROSCOPIC SURGERY; ATHLETE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CRYOTHERAPY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; EXTRACORPOREAL LITHOTRIPSY; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; IONTOPHORESIS; JUMPERS KNEE; MASSAGE; MORBIDITY; PATELLA; PHYSIOTHERAPY; REVIEW; SCLEROTHERAPY; SPORT INJURY; TENDINITIS; TENOTOMY; ULTRASOUND; VOLLEYBALL; ARTICLE; CONVALESCENCE; ECHOGRAPHY; INJURY; KNEE; KNEE INJURY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PATELLA LIGAMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RISK FACTOR;

ATHLETIC INJURIES; HUMANS; KNEE INJURIES; KNEE JOINT; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PATELLAR LIGAMENT; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 58149187147     PISSN: 1537890X     EISSN: 15378918     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/JSR.0b013e31818709a5     Document Type: Review

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