1. Stress Fractures in the Adolescent Athlete
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Kelsey Logan
- Subjects
Male ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Adolescent ,Fractures, Stress ,Conservative management ,Radiography ,Adolescent athletes ,MEDLINE ,Fractures, Bone ,Humans ,Medicine ,Metatarsal Bones ,Stress fractures ,Tibia ,business.industry ,Clinical course ,medicine.disease ,Ulna Fractures ,Femoral Neck Fractures ,Mechanism of injury ,Athletic Injuries ,Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health ,Physical therapy ,Fracture (geology) ,Spinal Fractures ,business - Abstract
Consider stress fracture as a diagnosis in adolescent athletes complaining of worsening vague pain without a clear mechanism of injury. Remember that initial radiographs may be normal, especially early in the clinical course. If the fracture is of low risk for delayed or non-union, conservative management is indicated, with repeat radiographs 2 weeks after initiation of treatment. If a high-risk fracture is suspected, early diagnosis with MRI, bone scan, and, in some cases, CT is important for surgical decision making.
- Published
- 2007
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