Imaging of Groin Pain

Magnetic Resonance Imaging Clinics of North America

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 655-666

  MacMahon, Peter J ^a   Hogan, Brian A ^b   Shelly, Martin J ^a   Eustace, Stephen J ^a,b,c,d   Kavanagh, Eoin C ^a,b  

^a MATER MISERICORDIAE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b Santry Sports Surgery Clinic ^*  (Ireland)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^d CAPPAGH NATIONAL ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Athletic pubalgia; Groin; Ligament; MR imaging; Tendon

Indexed keywords

FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HERNIA; HIP PAIN; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INGUINAL PAIN; MUSCLE DISEASE; MUSCLE INJURY; NERVE COMPRESSION; PUBIS SYMPHYSIS; RECTUS ABDOMINIS MUSCLE; REFERRED PAIN; REPETITIVE STRAIN INJURY; REVIEW; SPONDYLOSIS; SPORT INJURY; STRESS FRACTURE;

ATHLETIC INJURIES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; GROIN; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAIN;

EID: 70350577212     PISSN: 10649689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mric.2009.06.013     Document Type: Review

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