Diagnostic Imaging in the Evaluation of Leg Pain in Athletes

Clinics in Sports Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 217-245

  Bresler, Michael ^a   Mar, Winnie ^a   Toman, Jordan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Athletes; Imaging; Leg pain; Radiology

Indexed keywords

ACHILLES TENDON RUPTURE; ARTERY INJURY; ATHLETE; BONE MARROW EDEMA; BONE NECROSIS; BONE SCINTISCANNING; BURSITIS; COMPARTMENT SYNDROME; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ECHOGRAPHY; HAMSTRING; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE DISPLAY; IMAGE PROCESSING; LEG PAIN; MEDIAL TIBIAL STRESS SYNDROME; MUSCLE INJURY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOPENIA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERIOSTITIS; POPLITEAL ARTERY; POPLITEAL ARTERY COMPARTMENT SYNDROME; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STRESS FRACTURE; TENDINITIS; TENOSYNOVITIS;

ATHLETES; ATHLETIC INJURIES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMANS; LEG; PAIN;

EID: 84856885909     PISSN: 02785919     EISSN: 1556228X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csm.2011.09.006     Document Type: Review

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