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- Title
Stress fracture of the olecranon in an adult baseball player.
- Authors
Nakaji, Noriyoshi; Fujioka, Hiroyuki; Tanaka, Juichi; Sugimoto, Katsumasa; Yoshiya, Shinichi; Fujita, Kenji; Kurosaka, Masahiro
- Abstract
Stress fractures of the olecranon caused by repetitive stress force have infrequently been reported as a cause of elbow pain in adult athletes, engaged in throwing and pitching sports. We diagnosed as a stress fracture of the olecranon by clinical and radiographic findings and treated surgically. The patient returned to playing baseball at a competitive level and was asymptomatic 4 months after the first operation. However, the patient re-injured the olecranon and a second surgical treatment was performed almost 1 year after the first operation. After the second surgery, the patient returned to playing baseball at a competitive level and was free from elbow symptoms. We presented a stress fracture of the olecranon in a semi-professional adult baseball player and suggested that surgical treatment is necessary.
- Subjects
STRESS fractures (Orthopedics); BONE fractures; OVERUSE injuries; FUNNY bone; ELBOW; BASEBALL players; SPORTS injuries; SPORTS medicine; ATHLETES
- Publication
Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy, 2006, Vol 14, Issue 4, p390
- ISSN
0942-2056
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1007/s00167-005-0622-0