Ultrasound in athletes: Emerging techniques in point-of-care practice

Current Sports Medicine Reports

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 298-303

  Yim, Eugene S ^a,b   Corrado, Gianmichel ^a  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ACHILLES TENDINITIS; ATHLETE; BONE DENSITY; CARDIOPULMONARY FUNCTION; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; ELBOW TENDINOPATHY; HIP DISEASE; HUMAN; HYDRATION; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MONONUCLEOSIS; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; PATELLAR TENDINOPATHY; POINT OF CARE TESTING; REVIEW; SHOULDER PAIN; SPLENOMEGALY; TENDINITIS; THIGH DISEASE; WRIST DISEASE;

EID: 84872260260     PISSN: 1537890X     EISSN: 15378918     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/JSR.0b013e318272c89b     Document Type: Review

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