Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Acute Hamstring Injury: Can We Provide a Return to Play Prognosis?

Sports Medicine

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 133-146

  Reurink, Gustaaf ^a   Brilman, Elisabeth G ^a   de Vos, Robert Jan ^b   Maas, Mario ^c   Moen, Maarten H ^d,e   Weir, Adam ^f   Goudswaard, Gert Jan ^f   Tol, Johannes L ^f  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Department of Sports Medicine Medical Centre the Hague   (Netherlands)

^c ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d Bergman Clinics   (Netherlands)

^e Sports Physician Group   (Netherlands)

^f ASPETAR ORTHOPAEDIC AND SPORTS MEDICINE HOSPITAL   (Qatar)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATHLETIC INJURIES; CONVALESCENCE; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; TENDON INJURIES;

ATHLETIC INJURIES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PROGNOSIS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; TENDON INJURIES;

EID: 84933672847     PISSN: 01121642     EISSN: 11792035     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40279-014-0243-1     Document Type: Review

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