Overuse injury of the physis: A "growing" problem

Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 336-337

  Difiori, John P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APOPHYSEAL INJURY; ATHLETE; BASEBALL; BONE GROWTH; BRACE; CALCIFICATION; CHILDHOOD; COMMUNITY; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; KNEE INJURY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATELLOFEMORAL PAIN SYNDROME; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOGRAPHY; REHABILITATION CARE; REPETITIVE STRAIN INJURY; REST; RUNNING; SPORT; SPORT INJURY; TENNIS; TRAINING; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; ATHLETIC INJURIES; CHILD; CUMULATIVE TRAUMA DISORDERS; GROWTH PLATE; HUMANS; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77957272691     PISSN: 1050642X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JSM.0b013e3181ebb55d     Document Type: Editorial

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