Epidural steroid injection for lumbar disc herniation in NFL athletes

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 193-198

  Krych, Aaron J ^a   Richman, Daniel ^a   Drakos, Mark ^b   Weiss, Leigh ^c   Barnes, Ronnie ^c   Cammisa, Frank ^a   Warren, Russell F ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERY   (United States)

^b Northwell Health   (United States)

^c NEW YORK GIANTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Football; Nucleus pulposus; Professional athletes; Return to play

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BACK; EPIDURAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; EVALUATION; FOOTBALL; HUMAN; INJURY; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPORT INJURY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ADULT; ATHLETES; ATHLETIC INJURIES; FOOTBALL; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, EPIDURAL; INTERVERTEBRAL DISC DISPLACEMENT; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84858296955     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: 15300315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/MSS.0b013e31822d7599     Document Type: Article

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