Avulsion Fracture of the Lesser Tuberosity in an Adolescent Baseball Pitcher: A Case Report

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 793-796

  Sugalski, Matthew T ^a   Hyman, Joshua E ^a   Ahmad, Christopher S ^a,b  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Fracture; Lesser tuberosity; Shoulder; Throwing

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AVULSION FRACTURE; BASEBALL; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; HUMAN; HUMERUS; HUMERUS FRACTURE; LESSER TUBEROSITY; MALE; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; BASEBALL; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; SHOULDER FRACTURES;

EID: 1942438982     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0095399703258620     Document Type: Article

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