Review of MRI Technique and imaging findings in athletic pubalgia and the "sports hernia"

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 81, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 3780-3792

  Mullens, Frank E ^a   Zoga, Adam C ^a   Morrison, William B ^a   Meyers, William C ^b  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Athletic pubalgia; MRI; Sports hernia

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; APONEUROSIS; ATHLETE PUBALGIA; ATHLETIC PUBALGIA; BIOMECHANICS; BURSITIS; HUMAN; INGUINAL HERNIA; MUSCLE STRAIN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEITIS; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBIS SYMPHYSIS; RECTUS ABDOMINIS MUSCLE; REVIEW; SACROILIITIS; SPORT INJURY; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ATHLETIC INJURIES; FEMALE; GROIN; HERNIA, INGUINAL; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE;

EID: 84869875767     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: 18727727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2011.03.100     Document Type: Review

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