Humeral shaft fracture sustained during arm wrestling: Report on 30 cases and review of the literature

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 243-246

  Ogawa, Kiyohisa ^a   Ui, Michimasa ^a  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Arm wrestling; Fracture; Humeral shaft; Muscular violence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FORCE; HUMAN; HUMERUS FRACTURE; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIAL NERVE; REVIEW; SPORT INJURY; WRESTLING; WRIST RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0031057345     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005373-199702000-00010     Document Type: Review

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