| Literature DB >> 24149543 |
Hiroyuki Fujioka1, Takeshi Kokubu, Takeshi Makino, Issei Nagura, Narikazu Toyokawa, Atsuyuki Inui, Ryosuke Sakata, Masahiro Kurosaka.
Abstract
A 17-year-old boy, who played a weight lifting in high school, sustained stress fracture of the first rib without any causes. We successfully treated first rib stress fracture with limitation of using the upper extremity and with using low-intensity pulsed ultrasound. Key pointsStress fracture of the first rib in a weight lifter was successfully treated with limitation of sports activity and with LIPUS treatment.Entities:
Keywords: Stress fracture; first rib; low-intensity pulsed ultrasound; weight lifting.
Year: 2009 PMID: 24149543 PMCID: PMC3761492
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Sports Sci Med ISSN: 1303-2968 Impact factor: 2.988