Throwing-induced humeral shaft fracture in skeletally immature adolescents

Orthopedics

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 621-622

  Hennigan, Shawn P ^a   Bush Joseph, Charles A ^a   Kuo, Ken N ^a   Bach Jr , Bernard R ^a  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BONE MATURATION; CASE REPORT; CHILD; FRACTURE REDUCTION; HUMAN; HUMERUS FRACTURE; MALE; SPLINT; SPORT INJURY;

ADOLESCENT; ATHLETIC INJURIES; BASEBALL; BIOMECHANICS; CHILD; FOOTBALL; HUMANS; HUMERAL FRACTURES; MALE;

EID: 0033056009     PISSN: 01477447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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