Spondylolysis in the adolescent athlete

Current Opinion in Pediatrics

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 68-72

  Kim, Han Jo ^a   Green, Daniel W ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERY   (United States)

Author keywords

adolescent athlete; pediatric back pain; spondylolysis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DISEASE; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BACKACHE; BRACE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE HEALING; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PEDIATRICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPONDYLOLYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ATHLETES; ATHLETIC INJURIES; BACK PAIN; BRACES; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPONDYLOLYSIS; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 78751638452     PISSN: 10408703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MOP.0b013e32834255c2     Document Type: Article

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