'Treatment of the Sportsman's groin': British Hernia Society's 2014 position statement based on the Manchester Consensus Conference

British Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 48, Issue 14, 2014, Pages 1079-1087

  Sheen, Aali J ^a   Stephenson, B M ^b   Lloyd, D M ^c   Robinson, P ^d   Fevre, D ^e   Paajanen, H ^f   De Beaux, A ^g   Kingsnorth, A ^h   Gilmore, O J ^e   Bennett, D ⁱ   Maclennan, I ^a   O'Dwyer, P ^j   Sanders, D ^h   Kurzer, M ^k  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL GWENT HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c LEICESTER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d CHAPEL ALLERTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e Department of Sports Medicine Blackburn Rovers STC ^*  (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^g ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^h DERRIFORD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ ROYAL BOURNEMOUTH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^j WESTERN INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^k Department of Surgery London Hernia Centre   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; CHRONIC PAIN; COMPLICATION; CONSENSUS; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; HERNIA, INGUINAL; HUMAN; INGUINAL CANAL; INGUINAL REGION; INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY; KINESIOTHERAPY; NOMENCLATURE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT CARE; PELVIC GIRDLE PAIN; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PROCEDURES; SPORTS MEDICINE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; CHRONIC PAIN; CONSENSUS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EXERCISE THERAPY; GROIN; HERNIA, INGUINAL; HUMANS; INGUINAL CANAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PELVIC GIRDLE PAIN; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; RADIOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; SPORTS MEDICINE; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

EID: 84903982547     PISSN: 03063674     EISSN: 14730480     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjsports-2013-092872     Document Type: Article

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