Success of nonoperative management of adductor longus tendon ruptures in national football league athletes

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1394-1399

  Schlegel, Theodore F ^a   Bushnell, Brandon D ^a   Godfrey, Jenna ^b   Boublik, Martin ^a  

^a THE STEADMAN CLINIC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adductor; Athletic pubalgia; Groin injury; National Football League (NFL)

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FOOTBALL; HUMAN; INGUINAL REGION; INJURY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TENDON INJURY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

FOOTBALL; GROIN; HUMANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TENDON INJURIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70350062018     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: 15523365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546509332501     Document Type: Article

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