Bilateral anterior tibial stress fractures treated with dynamic intramedullary nailing

Orthopedics

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 720-722

  Gardiner, James R ^a   Isbell, William M ^a   Johnson, Darren L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; CASE REPORT; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; PHYSIOTHERAPY; REPETITIVE STRAIN INJURY; SPORT INJURY; STRESS FRACTURE; TIBIA FRACTURE; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ADULT; ATHLETIC INJURIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTRAMEDULLARY; FRACTURES, STRESS; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; TIBIAL FRACTURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0042198944     PISSN: 01477447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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