Bone imaging in sports medicine.
J Postgrad Med
;
1997 Jul-Sep; 43(3): 71-2
Article
in English
| IMSEAR
| ID: sea-116099
ABSTRACT
Increased participation in sports by the general public leads to increase in sports induced injuries including stress fractures, shin splints, arthritis and host of musculotendenous maladies. We have studied twenty patients referred from sports clinic for bone scanning to evaluate clinically difficult problems. It showed stress fracture in twelve patients, bilateral shin splint in five patients and normal bone scan in three patients. Present study highlights the utility of bone imaging for the diagnosis of various sports injuries in sports medicine.
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Main subject:
Athletic Injuries
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Tibia
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Humans
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Fractures, Stress
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Adult
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Diagnosis, Differential
Type of study:
Diagnostic study
Language:
English
Journal:
J Postgrad Med
Year:
1997
Type:
Article
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