Sportsmen hernia: What do we know?

Hernia

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 5-15

  Morales Conde, S ^a   Socas, M ^a   Barranco, A ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN DEL ROCÍO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Groin pain; Imbalance; Posterior inguinal wall; Sportsmen hernia; TEP

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; TECHNETIUM 99M;

ANAMNESIS; ATHLETE; CAREER; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ECHOGRAPHY; HERNIOPLASTY; HUMAN; INGUINAL HERNIA; INGUINAL REGION; MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE; MUSCLE FORCE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MEDICINE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUS ABDOMINIS MUSCLE; REVIEW; SPORT INJURY; SPORTS HERNIA; SPORTSMEN HERNIA; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ATHLETIC INJURIES; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; GROIN; HERNIA, INGUINAL; HUMANS; PAIN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PUBIC BONE; SYNDROME;

EID: 77649188083     PISSN: 12654906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10029-009-0613-z     Document Type: Review

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