Stress fractures of the metacarpal bones in adolescent tennis players: A case series

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1215-1220

  Balius, Ramon ^a   Pedret, Carles ^b,c   Estruch, Assun ^a   Hernández, Gemma ^d   Ruiz Cotorro, Ángel ^e   Mota, Javier ^f  

^a Generalitat de Catalunya ^*  (Spain)

^b Centre de Diagnòstic per Imatge de Tarragona   (Spain)

^c Unitat Medicina Esportiva Consorci Sanitari del Garraf   (Spain)

^d Serveis Mèdics F C Barcelona   (Spain)

^e Area de Docencia e Investigacion de la Real Federacion Espanola de Tenis   (Spain)

^f DrimMedical   (Spain)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Metacarpal bones; Stress fractures; Tennis injury

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HAND STRENGTH; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE; METACARPAL BONE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOLOGY; SPAIN; STRESS FRACTURE; TENNIS;

ADOLESCENT; FEMALE; FRACTURES, STRESS; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; METACARPAL BONES; PHYSICAL EXERTION; SPAIN; TENNIS;

EID: 77953320354     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: 15523365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546509358322     Document Type: Article

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