Bilateral mini-invasive adductor tenotomy for the management of chronic unilateral adductor longus tendinopathy in athletes

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1880-1886

  Maffulli, Nicola ^a   Loppini, Mattia ^b   Longo, Umile Giuseppe ^b   Denaro, Vincenzo ^b  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY CAMPUS BIO MEDICO   (Italy)

Author keywords

adductor dysfunction; adductor tendinopathy; groin pain; tenotomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INGUINAL REGION; INJURY; MALE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; PAIN; SPORT INJURY; TENDINITIS; TENOTOMY;

ADULT; ATHLETIC INJURIES; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; GROIN; HUMANS; MALE; PAIN; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; TENDINOPATHY; TENOTOMY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84864711883     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: 15523365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546512448364     Document Type: Article

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