Sport injuries: A review of outcomes

British Medical Bulletin

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 47-80

  Maffulli, Nicola ^a   Longo, Umile Giuseppe ^b   Gougoulias, Nikolaos ^c   Caine, Dennis ^d   Denaro, Vincenzo ^b  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY CAMPUS BIO MEDICO   (Italy)

^c FRIMLEY PARK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

ankle; athlete; injury; knee; shoulder; sports

Indexed keywords

ANKLE ARTHROSCOPY; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; ARTHRITIS; BACKACHE; CINAHL; COCHRANE LIBRARY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELBOW INJURY; EMBASE; EPIPHYSIS INJURY; GROWTH DISORDER; HIP ARTHROSCOPY; HIP OSTEOARTHRITIS; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; KNEE INJURY; LEG LENGTH INEQUALITY; LIMB DEFORMITY; MEDLINE; MENISCAL REPAIR; MENISCECTOMY; OSTEOARTHRITIS; OSTEOPHYTE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SCAPHOID FRACTURE; SHOULDER INJURY; SPONDYLOLISTHESIS; SPONDYLOLYSIS; SPONDYLOSIS; SPORT; SPORT INJURY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); TENNIS; VARUS KNEE; WRESTLING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATHLETIC INJURIES; CHILD; GROWTH DISORDERS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952551312     PISSN: 00071420     EISSN: 14718391     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bmb/ldq026     Document Type: Review

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