Stress fractures in the young athlete: A pictorial review

Current Problems in Diagnostic Radiology

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 29-44

  Dixon, Shaheen ^a   Newton, Julia ^a   Teh, James ^a  

^a OXFORD UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE; TECHNETIUM 99M;

ALGORITHM; ARM FRACTURE; ATHLETE; AVULSION FRACTURE; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; BONE SCINTISCANNING; BONE TUMOR; COMPARTMENT SYNDROME; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERMITTENT CLAUDICATION; LEG FRACTURE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOID OSTEOMA; OSTEOMYELITIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOLOGIC FRACTURE; PERIOSTITIS; PHYSICAL STRESS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; REPETITIVE STRAIN INJURY; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPINE FRACTURE; SPRAIN; STRESS FRACTURE; TENDINITIS;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; ATHLETES; CHILD; FEMALE; FRACTURES, STRESS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 78449245985     PISSN: 03630188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/j.cpradiol.2009.12.001     Document Type: Review

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