Upper extremity stress fractures and spondylolysis in an adolescent baseball pitcher with an associated endocrine abnormality: A case report

Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 339-343

  Li, Xinning ^a   Heffernan, Michael J ^a   Mortimer, Errol S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Athlete; Endocrine abnormality; Humerus; Spondylolysis; Stress fracture; Ulna

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D; CALCIUM APATITE; CALCIUM DERIVATIVE; ICE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PARATHYROID HORMONE; PHOSPHORUS; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VITAMIN D;

ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BACKACHE; BASEBALL; BONE AGE; BONE DENSITY; CALLUS; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; FRACTURE HEALING; HUMAN; HUMERUS FRACTURE; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REST; SCHOOL CHILD; SECONDARY HYPERPARATHYROIDISM; SPONDYLOLYSIS; STRESS FRACTURE; ULNA FRACTURE; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

ATHLETIC INJURIES; BASEBALL; CALCIUM; CHILD; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTURES, STRESS; HUMANS; HUMERAL FRACTURES; HYPERPARATHYROIDISM, SECONDARY; MALE; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SPONDYLOLYSIS; ULNA FRACTURES; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

EID: 77955898854     PISSN: 02716798     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BPO.0b013e3181dac0c1     Document Type: Article

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