Radiographic changes in the hands and fingers of young, high-level climbers

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1688-1694

  Schöffl, Volker ^a,d   Hochholzer, Thomas ^b   Imhoff, Andreas ^c  

^a Hospital of Bamberg   (Germany)

^b Privatklinik Triumpfpforte   (Austria)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^d NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Finger injuries; Finger joints; Osteoarthritis; Rock climbing

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CLIMBING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FINGER INJURY; FINGER JOINT; HAND RADIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHY; JOINT FUNCTION; JOINT LIMITATION; MALE; OSTEOARTHRITIS; OSTEOSCLEROSIS; PHALANX; PHYSICAL STRESS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROXIMAL INTERPHALANGEAL JOINT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TRAINING;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FINGERS; GERMANY; HAND; HUMANS; MALE; MOUNTAINEERING; OSTEOARTHRITIS; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RECREATION;

EID: 6344287990     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546503262805     Document Type: Article

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