Performance-based outcomes following lumbar discectomy in professional athletes in the national football league

Spine

Volumn 35, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1247-1251

  Hsu, Wellington K ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Disc herniation; Discectomy; National Football League; Outcome; Performance; Professional athlete

Indexed keywords

STEROID;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; BODY MASS; DEMOGRAPHY; FOOTBALL; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; LUMBAR DISK HERNIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSIOTHERAPY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; ATHLETES; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; COHORT STUDIES; DISKECTOMY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FOOTBALL; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77953026884     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e3181bf8bb5     Document Type: Article

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