Athletic osteitis pubis

Sports Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 361-376

  Hiti, Corey J ^a   Stevens, Kathryn J ^a   Jamati, Moira K ^a   Garza, Daniel ^a   Matheson, Gordon O ^a,b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Osteitis; Sports medicine

Indexed keywords

CUMULATIVE TRAUMA DISORDER; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; INGUINAL REGION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEITIS; PAIN; PUBIC BONE; PUBIS SYMPHYSIS; REVIEW; SPORT INJURY;

ATHLETIC INJURIES; CUMULATIVE TRAUMA DISORDERS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; GROIN; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEITIS; PAIN; PUBIC BONE; PUBIC SYMPHYSIS;

EID: 79955410870     PISSN: 01121642     EISSN: 11792035     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/11586820-000000000-00000     Document Type: Review

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