Stress fracture of the humerus in a collegiate baseball pitcher. A case report

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 813-816

  Polu, Krishna R ^a   Schenck Jr , Robert C ^a   Wirth, Michael A ^a   Greeson, Jerry ^b   Cone III, Robert O ^c   Rockwood Jr , Charles A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^c Research Imaging Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BASEBALL; BONE PAIN; BONE STRESS; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; HUMAN; HUMERUS FRACTURE; MALE; MUSCLE FATIGUE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPORT INJURY; STRESS FRACTURE;

EID: 0032728597     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/03635465990270062201     Document Type: Article

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