Case reports: Bilateral femoral fatigue fracture: An unusual fracture in a military recruit

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

Volumn 456, Issue , 2007, Pages 259-263

  Salminen, Sari T ^a,b   Böstman, Ole M ^b   Kiuru, Martti J ^a,b,c   Pihlajamäki, Harri K ^a  

^a CENTRAL MILITARY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c Orton Hospital   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARMY; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CASE REPORT; FEMUR FRACTURE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE HEALING; HUMAN; KNEE PAIN; MALE; OSTEOPENIA; PLASTER CAST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; STRESS FRACTURE; RADIOGRAPHY; SOLDIER;

ADULT; FEMORAL FRACTURES; FRACTURES, STRESS; HUMANS; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL;

EID: 34247547125     PISSN: 0009921X     EISSN: 15281132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.blo.0000238841.03552.11     Document Type: Article

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