Imaging in the assessment and management of athletic pubalgia

Seminars in Musculoskeletal Radiology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 14-26

  Robinson, Philip ^a   Bhat, Vineet ^a   English, Bryan ^b  

^a LEEDS TEACHING HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b CHELSEA FOOTBALL CLUB   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Athletic injury; MRI; muscle injury; pubalgia; tendon injury; ultrasound

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INGUINAL REGION; INJURY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAIN; PUBIS SYMPHYSIS; REVIEW; SPORT INJURY;

ATHLETIC INJURIES; BIOMECHANICS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; GROIN; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAIN; PUBIC SYMPHYSIS;

EID: 79951926044     PISSN: 10897860     EISSN: 1098898X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0031-1271956     Document Type: Review

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