Comminuted femur fracture secondary to stress during the Boston marathon

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 79-82

  Farkas, Tracy A ^a   Zane, Richard D ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

endurance athletes; femoral fracture; marathon; running injuries; stress fracture

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BONE STRENGTH; CASE REPORT; COMMINUTED FRACTURE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FEMUR SUBTROCHANTERIC FRACTURE; FRACTURE REDUCTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; MARATHON RUNNER; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REHABILITATION MEDICINE; REPETITIVE STRAIN INJURY; SPORT INJURY; STRESS FRACTURE;

FEMALE; FEMORAL FRACTURES; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; FRACTURES, COMMINUTED; FRACTURES, STRESS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; RUNNING; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33745205077     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2005.09.009     Document Type: Article

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