Sports hernia in national hockey league players: Does surgery affect performance?

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 107-110

  Jakoi, Andre ^a,b   O'Neill, Craig ^b   Damsgaard, Christopher ^c   Fehring, Keith ^d   Torn, James ^b  

^a HAHNEMANN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Athletic pubalgia; Hockey; NHL; Sports hernia; Sports hernia repair

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL WALL HERNIA; ARTICLE; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; HOCKEY; HUMAN; INJURY; SPORT INJURY; STATISTICS;

ATHLETIC INJURIES; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; HERNIA, ABDOMINAL; HOCKEY; HUMANS;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84879294365     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: 15523365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546512462679     Document Type: Article

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