Effectiveness of interventions for treating apophysitis in children and adolescents: protocol for a systematic review and network meta-analysis

Abstract Background Overuse injuries are reported to be more common than acute trauma in children and adolescents, causing pain and reduced function. The most common is apophysitis - a traction injury to the apophysis in growing individuals. The duration of symptoms reported in the literature is bet...

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Main Authors: Stig L. Midtiby, Niels Wedderkopp, Rasmus T. Larsen, Anne-Marie Fiala Carlsen, Dimitris Mavridis, Ian Shrier
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-10-01
Series:Chiropractic & Manual Therapies
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12998-018-0209-8