Athletic Pubalgia (Sports Hernia)

Clinics in Sports Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 417-434

  Litwin, Demetrius E M ^a   Sneider, Erica B ^a   McEnaney, Patrick M ^a   Busconi, Brian D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Athletic pubalgia; Hernia; Inguinal canal; Laparoscopic; Lower abdomen and groin pain; Sports hernia

Indexed keywords

NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OXYCODONE; STEROID;

ATHLETIC PUBALGIA; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; JOINT HYPERMOBILITY; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LOWER ABDOMINAL PAIN; MUSCLE STRAIN; NERVE COMPRESSION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN; PATHOGENESIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSIOTHERAPY; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SPORT INJURY; SPORTS HERNIA; SUPINE POSITION; SURGICAL APPROACH; SUTURING METHOD; TENDON INJURY; THROMBOCYTE TRANSFUSION; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ATHLETIC INJURIES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; GROIN; HERNIA; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PAIN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE;

EID: 79952657380     PISSN: 02785919     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csm.2010.12.010     Document Type: Review

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