Bilateral Jones fractures in a high school football player

Journal of Athletic Training

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 253-256

  Collins, Kevin S ^a   Streitz, William ^b  

^a Roseburg High School   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Delayed union; Jones fracture; Nonunion; Rigid internal fixation

Indexed keywords

EID: 2442726133     PISSN: 10626050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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