Sportsman hernia: What can we do?

Hernia

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 17-25

  Garvey, J F W ^a   Read, J W ^b   Turner, A ^c  

^a Groin Pain Clinic   (Australia)

^b Castlereagh Sports Imaging   (Australia)

^c Harbour Street Sports Physiotherapy ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

Athletic pubalgia; Groin disruption injury; Physiotherapy; Sports hernia; Ultrasound diagnosis

Indexed keywords

ATHLETE; BODY MOVEMENT; BONE SCINTISCANNING; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ECHOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; HERNIOPLASTY; HUMAN; INGUINAL HERNIA; JOINT INSTABILITY; LEG LENGTH INEQUALITY; MONITORING; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NERVE COMPRESSION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBTURATOR NERVE; OSTEITIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PELVIS RADIOGRAPHY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGE OF MOTION; REHABILITATION CARE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SPORT INJURY; SPORTSMAN HERNIA; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYMPTOM; TENDINITIS; TENOTOMY; TRAINING;

ATHLETIC INJURIES; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; GROIN; HERNIA, INGUINAL; HUMANS; PAIN; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RISK FACTORS; SYNDROME;

EID: 77649191412     PISSN: 12654906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10029-009-0611-1     Document Type: Review

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