Imaging and Ultrasound-Guided Steroid Injection of Internal Oblique Muscle Strains in Baseball Pitchers

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 581-585

  Stevens, Kathryn J ^a   Crain, Jana M ^b   Akizuki, Kenneth H ^c   Beaulieu, Christopher F ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Diagnostic Radiology   (United States)

^c Sports Orthopedic and Rehabilitation Medicine Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

baseball; internal oblique muscle; magnetic resonance imaging; steroid; strains; ultrasound

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; DEXAMETHASONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; BASEBALL; CASE REPORT; CONVALESCENCE; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INJURY; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; PAIN; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SPORT INJURY;

ADULT; ATHLETIC INJURIES; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; BASEBALL; BUPIVACAINE; DEXAMETHASONE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAMUSCULAR; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PAIN; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SPRAINS AND STRAINS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77953456365     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: 15523365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546509350105     Document Type: Article

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