High prevalence of pelvic and hip magnetic resonance imaging findings in asymptomatic collegiate and professional hockey players

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 715-721

  Silvis, Matthew L ^a   Mosher, Timothy J ^a   Smetana, Brandon S ^a   Chinchilli, Vernon M ^a   Flemming, Donald J ^a   Walker, Eric A ^a   Black, Kevin P ^a  

^a PENN STATE MILTON S HERSHEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

acetabular labrum; athletic pubalgia; hip; hockey; MRI; pubic symphysis; sportsman hernia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; HIP; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PELVIS; PREVALENCE; RECTUS ABDOMINIS MUSCLE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SPORT; UNIVERSITY;

ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; HIP; HOCKEY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; PELVIS; PREVALENCE; RECTUS ABDOMINIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; UNIVERSITIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79954549297     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: 15523365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546510388931     Document Type: Article

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