Tibial stress fracture in a male ballet dancer: A case report

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 124-130

  Martinez, Santos F ^a,b   Murphy, G Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b Campbell Foundation   (United States)

Author keywords

Ballet; Intramedullary nailing; Stress fracture; Tibia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BALLET DANCER; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CURETTAGE; FRACTURE HEALING; HUMAN; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRESS FRACTURE; TIBIA FRACTURE;

ADULT; BONE NAILS; DANCING; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURES, MALUNITED; FRACTURES, STRESS; HUMANS; MALE; TIBIAL FRACTURES;

EID: 11144251829     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546504266479     Document Type: Article

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