Advancing hip and groin injury management: From eminence to evidence

British Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 47, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 602-605

  Thorborg, Kristian ^a   Hölmich, Per ^a,b  

^a Mental Health Center Glostrup   (Denmark)

^b ASPETAR ORTHOPAEDIC AND SPORTS MEDICINE HOSPITAL   (Qatar)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATHLETIC INJURIES; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HIP INJURIES; HUMAN; INGUINAL REGION; NOMENCLATURE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PROCEDURES; SOCCER; TREATMENT OUTCOME; EDITORIAL; GROIN INJURIES; HIP DISEASE; HIP INJURY; INJURY; METHODOLOGY; SPORT INJURY;

ATHLETIC INJURIES; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; GROIN; HIP INJURIES; HUMANS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SOCCER; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

GROIN INJURIES; HIP DISORDER;

EID: 84878272322     PISSN: 03063674     EISSN: 14730480     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjsports-2012-092090     Document Type: Editorial

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