Chronic anterior midtibial stress fractures in athletes treated with reamed intramedullary nailing

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1071-1076

  Varner, Kevin E ^a   Younas, Shiraz A ^a   Lintner, David M ^a   Marymont, John V ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Nailing; Stress fracture; Tibia

Indexed keywords

STEROID;

ADOLESCENT; ANKLE; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BONE NAIL; BURSITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; KNEE; MALE; ORTHOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REST; STRESS FRACTURE; TREATMENT FAILURE; ULTRASOUND THERAPY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATHLETIC INJURIES; BASKETBALL; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTRAMEDULLARY; FRACTURES, STRESS; HUMANS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RUNNING; TIBIAL FRACTURES;

EID: 21444443618     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546504271968     Document Type: Article

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