The diagnostic accuracy of magnetic resonance imaging and ultrasonography in gluteal tendon tears - a systematic review

HIP International

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 637-645

  Westacott, Daniel J ^a   Minns, Jonathon I ^b   Foguet, Pedro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS COVENTRY AND WARWICKSHIRE NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b PENINSULA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bursitis; Hip; Magnetic resonance imaging; Sensitivity; Specificity; Tendinopathy; Tendon injuries; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

BURSECTOMY; BUTTOCK PAIN; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; GLUTEAL TENDON TEAR; GREATER TROCHANTERIC PAIN SYNDROME; HIP PAIN; HUMAN; INGUINAL PAIN; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAIN; PREDICTIVE VALUE; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TENDON RUPTURE;

BUTTOCKS; DATABASES, BIBLIOGRAPHIC; HIP JOINT; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RUPTURE; TENDON INJURIES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 84255188417     PISSN: 11207000     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5301/HIP.2011.8759     Document Type: Review

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