The aging athlete: Part 2, "boomeritis" of the upper extremity

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 199, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Quatman, Carmen ^a   Yu, Joseph S ^a  

^a THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY WEXNER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Ligaments; Osseous; Pain; Tendons; Trauma; Upper extremity

Indexed keywords

AGING; ANTERIOR ELBOW PAIN; ARM DISEASE; ARM INJURY; ARM WEAKNESS; ARTHRALGIA; ARTHROGRAPHY; ARTHROPATHY; ATHLETE; CARTILAGE INJURY; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELBOW INTRAARTICULAR ABNORMALITY; ELBOW PAIN; HUMAN; HUMEROSCAPULAR PERIARTHRITIS; IMPACTION SYNDROME; LATERAL ELBOW PAIN; LONG HEAD OF THE BICEPS TENDON ABNORMALITY; MEDIAL ELBOW PAIN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTERIOR ELBOW PAIN; POSTTRAUMATIC DISTAL CLAVICULAR OSTEOLYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; ROTATOR CUFF INJURY; SHOULDER ARTHRITIS; SHOULDER PAIN; SHOULDER RADIOGRAPHY; SPORT INJURY; TENDON DISEASE; TRIANGULAR FIBROCARTILAGE COMPLEX INJURY; WRIST PAIN;

AGING; ARM INJURIES; ATHLETIC INJURIES; HUMANS; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; PAIN;

EID: 84865595449     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: 15463141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.12.8913     Document Type: Review

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