Clinical Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Volume 8, Issue 1 , Pages 43-53 , March 2007

Sports Rehabilitation of the Injured Athlete

  • Andrea Stracciolini, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Division of Emergency Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Children's Hospital Boston, Boston, MA
    • Department of Orthopaedics, Division of Sports Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Children's Hospital Boston, Boston, MA
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests and correspondence: Andrea Stracciolini, MD, Department of Medicine and Orthopaedics, Children's Hospital Boston, 300 Longwood Ave, Boston, MA 02115.
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  • William P. Meehan III, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Division of Emergency Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Children's Hospital Boston, Boston, MA
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  • Pierre A. d'Hemecourt, MD, FACEP

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedics, Division of Sports Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Children's Hospital Boston, Boston, MA

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doi: 10.1016/j.cpem.2007.02.004

Clinical Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Volume 8, Issue 1 , Pages 43-53 , March 2007