Hamstring injuries: Anatomy, imaging, and intervention

Seminars in Musculoskeletal Radiology

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 131-161

  Linklater, James M ^a,b   Hamilton, Bruce ^c   Carmichael, James ^d   Orchard, John ^e   Wood, David G ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b Castlereagh Sports Imaging   (Australia)

^c ASPETAR ORTHOPAEDIC AND SPORTS MEDICINE HOSPITAL   (Qatar)

^d North Sydney Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Centre   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Autologous blood; Avulsion; Growth factors; Hamstring; MRI; Platelets; PRP; Strain; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; SIGNAL PEPTIDE;

ANIMAL; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INJURY; LEG INJURY; MUSCLE STRENGTH; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SPORT INJURY; TENDON INJURY; THIGH;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ANIMALS; ATHLETIC INJURIES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMANS; INTERCELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; LEG INJURIES; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RISK FACTORS; TENDON INJURIES; THIGH; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 77952936182     PISSN: 10897860     EISSN: 1098898X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0030-1253157     Document Type: Article

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