CHILDRENS SPORTS INJURIES

Authors
Citation
H. Carty, CHILDRENS SPORTS INJURIES, European journal of radiology, 26(2), 1998, pp. 163-176
Citations number
48
Categorie Soggetti
Radiology,Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
ISSN journal
0720048X
Volume
26
Issue
2
Year of publication
1998
Pages
163 - 176
Database
ISI
SICI code
0720-048X(1998)26:2<163:>2.0.ZU;2-W
Abstract
Sports injuries in children are common. They range from very serious a nd even, occasionally, fatal accidents, to trivial sprains and bruises . Sports medicine is a burgeoning field. Parallel with this there has been an increased understanding of the radiology of these lesions. Les ions in the immature skeleton differ greatly to those in the mature sk eleton. This review describes the most frequent sports injuries in chi ldren. (C) 1998 Elsevier Science Ireland Ltd.