Stress fracture of the sixth rib in an elite athlete

Croatian Medical Journal

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 458-460

  Bojanić, Ivan ^a,b   Desnica, Nataša ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^b KBC Zagreb   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Athletic injuries; Rib fractures; Sports medicine; Stress fractures; Technetium 99m

Indexed keywords

TECHNETIUM 99M;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BONE SCINTISCANNING; CASE REPORT; EXERCISE; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE FORCE; REST; RIB FRACTURE; SPORT INJURY; STRESS FRACTURE; THORAX PAIN;

ADULT; ATHLETIC INJURIES; FRACTURES, STRESS; HUMANS; IMMOBILIZATION; MALE; RIB FRACTURES; TECHNETIUM;

EID: 0032414649     PISSN: 03539504     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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