The Spectrum of MR Imaging in Athletic Pubalgia

Radiologic Clinics of North America

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1179-1197

  Zoga, Adam C ^a   Mullens, Frank E ^b   Meyers, William C ^c  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

MR imaging; Musculoskeletal; Sports injury

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL INJURY; ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ADDUCTOR SYNDROME; APONEUROSIS; ATHLETIC PUBALGIA; BIOMECHANICS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMORAL HERNIA; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HERNIOPLASTY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; INGUINAL HERNIA; INGUINAL REGION; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE INJURY; MUSCLE STRAIN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEITIS; OSTEITIS PUBIS; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUS ABDOMINIS MUSCLE; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX RATIO; SPORT INJURY;

ATHLETIC INJURIES; BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; GROIN; HERNIA, INGUINAL; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PUBIC SYMPHYSIS; RECTUS ABDOMINIS;

EID: 78649378366     PISSN: 00338389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rcl.2010.07.009     Document Type: Review

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